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How to Start Seeds Indoors
How to Start Seeds Indoors

Starting seeds indoors is a fun and rewarding activity for gardeners of all levels. With a little bit of planning and care, you can grow healthy, strong seedlings that will thrive in your garden. It’s a great way to get a jumpstart on your garden and extend your growing season. It's also a fun and rewarding activity for gardeners of all levels.

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Grow Miscanthus Grass for Straw Mulch
Grow Miscanthus Grass for Straw Mulch

This is one of those plants that earns its keep in more ways than one—ornamental beauty in the garden all season long, then natural, homemade mulch to feed next year’s crops. Pretty clever, right?


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Spring Planting Step-by-Step
Spring Planting Step-by-Step

Welcome to your ultimate Spring gardening guide! In this step-by-step roadmap, you'll discover all the essential tasks needed to kickstart your garden for the season. Along the way, you’ll find links to additional blog posts that invite you to explore each topic in greater depth, ensuring you have all the knowledge and inspiration you need to cultivate your green oasis.

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Winter Sowing Using Milk Jugs
Winter Sowing Using Milk Jugs

If you love gardening and hate waiting until spring to start growing, winter seed sowing is for you! Here are easy and low-cost steps start hardy seedlings outdoors during winter using recycled milk jugs.

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Growing Ornamental Plants with Deep Roots High-Nutrient Compost
Growing Ornamental Plants with Deep Roots High-Nutrient Compost

Deep Roots Project microbe-rich and nutrient-rich compost is the foundation of our transformational gardening method. But, when it comes to ornamentals, some ornamentals do not like our compost. Read this blog post for details.

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Moisture and Mulch
Moisture and Mulch

Although deep watering is usually best, over watering can also stress your plants. Of course, there will be a lot of variables to take into consideration – such as the amount of rain and other weather conditions. Do a simple moisture test with your finger on the top 2 to 4 inches of soil before you water. Be careful about the watering tips you see circulating on the internet or in Youtube videos!

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Growing Seeds and Seedlings for Beginners
Growing Seeds and Seedlings for Beginners

This post gives beginner gardeners tips and tricks for planting a successful garden from the first year. We want to help you avoid common beginner mistakes.

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Seeds & Seedlings: Next Level
Seeds & Seedlings: Next Level

This post is for gardeners with many levels of experience who want to reap the many rewards of learning to grow from BOTH seeds and seedlings. Remember that some crops must be grown from seed since the young plant can’t survive transplanting. The Deep Root team will continue researching and testing new tricks and tips that will require the least time and energy. Skip parts you are not ready to tackle now and come back to them later.

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Create a Native Plant Garden
Create a Native Plant Garden

Converting a lawn to a native plant garden using cardboard to cover and kill the grass is an environmentally friendly and low-maintenance method. This process is called sheet mulching or lasagna gardening, and it involves layering materials to suppress grass and weeds, improve soil quality, and support the growth of native plants.

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Fast Growing Crops from Seed
Fast Growing Crops from Seed

One way to ensure a quick and bountiful harvest is planting fast-growing crops from seed directly in your outdoor beds. Whether you are a seasoned gardener or just starting out, planting fast-growing crops can be a fun and rewarding experience. Not only do these crops provide a quick return on your investment, but they also offer a variety of benefits, such as not waiting long for results. reducing the risk of pest and disease, making space to replant more diverse crops and increasing your harvest when space is limited. Fast-growing crops typically germinate quickly and will be ready for harvesting in just a few weeks.

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Easiest Veggies From Seed
Easiest Veggies From Seed

Starting a vegetable garden from scratch may seem daunting, but some vegetables are easier to grow from seed than others. Growing your own vegetables from seed can be a rewarding and satisfying experience. Not only is it cost-effective, but it also allows you to control the quality of the produce because more seed varieties are available than transplants from a nursery. Blog posts are coming soon on growing tips for specific crops.

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