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A fire escape garden green pepper. In the last step in our quest to grow a fire escape garden, the seedlings were beginning to grow robust and leafy — a little too big for their organic container gardening britches. I was looking forward to hardening off, the mysterious-sounding process where gardeners get their plants ready [...]  If you think organic container gardening wouldn’t save you much grocery money (and even if it did, you don’t have the space), think again. According to a Bankrate article, a tomato plant can save you more than $50. As we recall, it was just a few months ago that a freakishly cold winter in the South [...] Getting there! In our last fire escape garden episode, my arugula, Swiss chard, bell pepper, basil and parsley seedlings were thriving in their egg carton seed trays, basking in the glow of their full-spectrum T5 grow light on top of the fridge. And now, the next step in Metro Cheapo’s organic container gardening series: Step [...] My pepper seedlings look JUST LIKE THIS! It’s mid-March, and my carefully-coddled seeds have sprouted into spunky little shoots in their egg cartons. In addition to giving them daily pep talks, here are a few tips for keeping your seedling happy beyond the sprouting stage. Step 3: Taking Care of Seedlings According to Yankee Magazine’s hints, I [...] Even though it’s mid-February, I’m already getting started on planting my fire escape garden. I live in Zone 7 (according to this gardening zone map), so I’m starting the seeds indoors 6 to 8 weeks before the last chance of frost. They’ll be ready for transplanting outdoors in mid-April. Step 2: Setting Up The Seedling Nursery My [...] |
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