Planting Spring Peas: Container Plantings

Planting Spring Peas:Container PlantingsComing Soon: Lettuces, Kales, and Other Early Spring GreensPeas love the cold and can handle the frost. What they don't like is prolonged wet cold soggy soil. It often leads to their death. A bit less dramatically... they mold and don't germinate. I am in Maryland...

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Videos: Everything About Seed Startng Indoors

I am in the process of reorganizing my blog and videos. I am making pages of specific categories.I just completed a page that shows you everything you need to know to plant seeds indoors. It focuses on preparing the starting mix and seeds cells. Lots of examples of how to plant different vegetables,...

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How to Prepare Your Starting Mix and Seed Cells Indoors

 How to Prepare Your Starting Mix and Seed Cells Starting your seeds indoors saves you time, money and frustration. It is a lot easier to do then people realize. It does takes some work to set up a grow-light station but that is also easy to do and relatively inexpensive since it can be used for...

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Seed Starting Onions and Leeks Indoors: Save Money!

Onions and leeks take about 120 days to mature.They are both very hardy and thick rooted vegetables. The roots can be tugged firmly to seperate them. They aren't fragile!I over seed my onions and leeks in seeds cells and let them grow tightly together. I will have to use a liquid fertilizer with them...

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Video: How to Grow Large Tomatoes in Containers

I am cleaning up and dusting off my old garden videos and updating them with new Google options.Here is one of my first videos: How to Grow Large Tomatoes in Containers function run_pinmarklet1() { var e=document.createElement('script'); e.setAttribute('type','text/javascript'); e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8');...

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Growing Coleus Indoors is a Great Way to Save Money!

Coleus Seeds - The Rusted Vegetable Garden  BlogYou might notice my blog is following what I am doing at the moment for 2013. It is seed starting time here in Maryland. It isn't quite time to start this year's Coleus. They grow well indoors and don't like any cold as in under 60 degrees. I collected...

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Test Germinating Seeds: How to Test Your Seeds

Test Germinating SeedsMost seeds are stamped on the back of their packs with the growing year. Seeds have a small amount of moisture in them and they can naturally last years. Some seeds 'dry out' faster than other seeds. You can save a lot of money by test germinating your old seeds. Why test...

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Starting Herbs & Perennials Indoors - Seed Mix & Planting Techniques

Starting Herbs and Perennials Indoors Seed Mix & Planting TechniquesStarting seeds indoors is easy to do and pretty inexpensive. You can re-use a lot of the materials year after year.  And it will save you a lot of money.Oregano and Thyme Planted Over-Seeded - The Rusted Garden BlogThis ...

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Starting Seeds Indoors - Perennial Flower Plugs for the Vegetable Garden: The Rusted Garden 2013

I use coconut husk as a seed starting mix. Perennial flowers are a great way to bring pollinating insects and 'good' bugs to your garden. I recommended starting perennial plugs in your house. You can do this about 6-8 weeks before the time you would put peas in your garden. If you have room for holding...

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Burpee Vegetable Seed Starting Coconut Husk Brick - A Product Reveiw: The Rusted Garden 2013

Burpee Vegetable Seed Starting Coconut Husk Brick - A Product Reveiw: The Rusted Garden 2013This video shows you a coconut husk brick which is a new way to make 8 quarts of wet seed starting mix. Coconut husk is really absorbent. I do recommend it. It is not pre-fertilized so you will need to use some...

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Indoor Seed Starting Basics

Facts About Seed Starting IndoorsSeed starting indoors will save you a lot of money and it isn't difficult to do. You need four things for it to be a successful experience.Seed Trays and FlatsSterile Seed Starting MixSeeds (but of course)And Sunlight Here are some pictures to give you a visual...

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