Make Your Own Seed Tape

Pine Tree Seeds sells tape that you use to make your own seed tapes. Just peel back the backing and stick on the seeds.  Seed Tape

Seed tape picture

from Pine Tree Seeds

 

If you want to go the really cheap route and make your own without buying anything special - here is a link to do that from the Instructables website. Be sure to read the comment section as there are many good hints to increase your success. It might be worth trying with some carrot or raddish seeds.  Make-Your-Own-Seed-Tapes

Items need to make a seed tape using the Instructables tutorial

The Garden Betty Blog had a great blog entry on making seed tapes too. Lots of step by step pictures of how to make the seed tapes, what patterns to use, and then how to plant the seed tape. Garden Betty.make-your-own-seed-tape  A nice rainy day like today would be a good day to make experimental seed tapes to use this spring.

 

One of the seed spacings demonstrated by Garden Betty                       

 

What to Plant and When!

Hey Everyone,

Knowing what to plant and whether to start the seeds indoors or direct sow in the garden can sometimes be a challenge.  In looking for some charts to help develop my seed starting skills, I ran across this link and thought many would find it beneficial.

If you scroll down a bit and utilize the link on the page, they even have charts for each month of the year.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/What-to-Plant-Now-Southern-Interior-Gardening-Region.aspx  - link to Mother Earth News

Looks like I am going to be busy, although starting seeds now is always such a joy!  What a nice reminder that spring is just around the corner.  I don't know about you, but for me, gardening tends to be much more fun when it is warm!

Collecting Seed From Broccoli

How would anyone feel about growing certain cultivars specifically to save seed and then setting up a system where we could actually collect and grow our own plants or have a seed exchange among the garden?  Could be a fun party!  Planting or swapping!

Thoughts and opinions?

Denise, Beds 25 & 29