Blog posts
April 07, 2026
Nourish to flourish: fertilizing tips from Pinetree growers
“Gardening; where every failed experiment is just fertilizer for success” - shared with us by Evelyn, a member in our Facebook group Rooted Boost Your Garden’s Growth Naturally Fertilizers provide essential...
Transplanting Seedlings - Tips for Backyard Growers
Sprouted seedlings need room to grow even before they're garden ready. Transplanting is a delicate process that offers big rewards. Here are a few of our favorite tips.
Our favorite flowers and what they symbolize
(a cheat sheet for bouquet building) ‘Flowers are the music of the ground. From earth’s lips spoken without sound,” -Edwin Curran A flower garden brings a bit of...
Ten Tasks To Prepare Your Garden for Winter—and Give You an Early Start to Spring
All around the Pinetree Garden Seed headquarters in rural Maine, we are already seeing sparks of red and yellow here and there among the trees. Cold weather comes earlier this...
Kim's Green Onion Salt Recipe
Our Garden Goddess Kim treated us to some yummy homemade Green Onion Salt this fall. She used the Parade Bunching Onions we grew in the trial gardens this year and...
Pinetree's Perfect Pumpkin Bread Recipe
This Pumpkin Bread recipe is perfectly moist, balanced and buttery 🍞
Windowsill Wonders: Small Pots, Little Effort, Big Benefits
Indoor gardening can be the perfect pick-me-up at any time of year but they are particularly comforting when it is cold outside and your backyard garden has gone dormant. Without...
Self-Pollinating Flowers Perfect For Your Low-Maintenance Garden
Guest Blog Written By Chris Tweten Low Maintenance, Self-Pollinating Flowers For Your Garden Maintaining a beautiful garden can be a rewarding experience. However, it does require time and dedication, especially if...