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Grow Your Garden the Easy Way — By Planting Seeds!

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Eight Great Reasons for You to Start from Seed:

1. Grow your own food — healthier and more nutritious — at a fraction of today's supermarket costs.

2. Save your gas money with fewer trips to the store — "shop" in your own backyard.

3. When you buy started plants for your garden, you have no idea what has been fed to or sprayed on them to force them to be ready for market.

4. It is downright EASY, and FUN, to grow your own plants from seeds!

5. You can grow unusual plants never found "already-started" in nurseries and garden centers.

6. You have personal control of nurturing your seedlings to become the safest, healthiest plants.

7. Become a member of the long legacy of American Home Gardeners who have grown their own Vegetables, Herbs and Flowers from fresh seed brought to us from our forefathers from all over the World.

8. Reinvigorate the patriotic spirit of THE VICTORY GARDENS grown from SEEDS by millions and millions of Americans during the explosion of our Baby-Boom generation in the WWII years and aftermath from 1942-1955.

NEW! Sow a Winter Garden

While northern gardeners are putting their gardens to bed for the winter, gardeners in mild climates are gearing up for some of the best growing weather.Gardening in fall is pure pleasure. Cool mornings and evenings bracket midday warmth. The soil is still warm, a boon to seed germination.... >>more

Just look at what else you can grow from seed!

The Fall Greens Garden

With all the summer produce pouring in, starting more plants may be the last thing on your mind. However, now is the time to start a fall garden. It's what I call the second season of planting.... >>more

Plant a Winddowsill Herb Garden

Growing herbs indoors on a sunny windowsill can provide a convenient source of fresh basil, dill, rosemary, thyme, and other herbs.... >>more

Plant Spring Blooms in Fall

Much fall planting promotion is centered around the fall vegetable garden, bulbs, perennial herbs and woody ornamentals. I'd like to add seed-grown flowers to this list....>>more

New! Experts Feel Fall Seed Gardening Is Best

Late summer is the ideal time to start your fall garden. In most areas of the country, you can grow a “second season” crop of your favorite cool-season vegetables and lovely fall flowers.... >>more

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