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May 19, 2024
The Ultimate Gardening Guide: Basic Gardening Tips for Beginners from Pinetree Garden Seeds Customers

We asked the thousands of home gardeners in our Facebook group what they wish they had known before they dug into a lifetime of gardening. The result? A bumper crop...

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Too Much of a Good Thing? Four Fun, Guilt-Free Strategies to Get Through Harvest Season

As one of the few seed suppliers selling non-GMO, heirloom seeds in people-sized packets, we hear a lot about the seasonal struggles of home gardeners, and we sympathize. And over...

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Planting Power: Eight Great Benefits of Backyard Gardening

As one of the few seed sellers to offer non-GMO hybrid, organic and heirloom seeds in smaller quantities at affordable prices—often just a couple of dollars each—Pinetree Garden Seeds is...

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One to Grow On: What to Plant in a Baby Food Garden

If you have a little one that will be weaning or adding solid foods soon, you know you want to feed them the safest, most nutritious and delicious foods possible....

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How to Start Your Own Community Garden in Six Simple Steps

Did you know that families with a community gardener eat 1.5 times more fruits and vegetables and are 3.5 times more likely to...

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Pollinator-Loving Perennials for Every Garden

Guest Blog Post Hi everyone! This is Allison over @FinchAndFolly. I’ve been dreaming of my garden so much over these past few months that I can’t believe that it’s actually...

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How to Grow Quick and Easy Microgreens

"Microgreens" is an umbrella term for a variety of leafy greens that are harvested in a very early stage of their growing cycle. This stage is called the "cotyledon growth...

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How to Grow Petunias from Seed

How to Grow Petunias from Seed Originally from South America, petunias are a trumpet shaped flower and mostly grown as annuals in the US (although the can be perennials in...

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10 Reasons to Plant Cover Crops

As we move into harvest season, it is important to think about revitalizing the garden for next year. Cover crops can be a great way to prepare for spring planting right now. 10...

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