Garden Blogs for Winter Reading
The holidays are upon us. The weather has been glorious in WNC but it won’t last. We’re heading in to the cold, quiet time of gardening.
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Fall Planting Guides: How to Grow Your Favorite Fall Bulbs
Growing fall bulbs is easy, but it helps to have a little guidance! That's why we wrote these beginner-friendly growing guides for our most popular fall crops: How to Grow...
Tips for Your Winter Vegetable Garden
There are four basic ways to eat from your garden throughout the winter: Plant hardy plants, choose “good-keeper” variety vegetables for the summer/fall garden and store them correctly, preserve your produce,...
Why is Sow True against GMOs?
Why is Sow True Seed against the use of GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms)?
Celebrate Winter Squash
We sell many members of this family: several varieties of pumpkins and many winter squash (C. maxima, C. mixta, C. moschata, C. pepo). Most take 75 to 120 days to mature. Here are a...
Planting Flowers in the Fall
Nature plants most of her seeds in the Fall. In the wild, flowers bloom and ripen all season.
Fall Harvest Time
Sheaves of corn, hay rides and pumpkin patches are popping up on roadsides. Many things in the garden are ready to harvest. But when in the growth cycle is the...
Echinacea Flu-Fighter Tea
Before you know it, the cold and flu season will be upon us again. Why not make your own medicinal tea now in preparation?
Time to Plant Greens!
In the thick of harvesting tomatoes, squash and eggplants, don’t forget to keep planting seeds. The warm-season crops will soon slow down. Now is the time to sow your late...
Crop Rotation in Your Fall Garden
Crop rotation is a systematic approach to deciding where and when to plant what on your land. It can prevent the spread of blights and pests, as well as replenish...
Compost Tea: DIY Natural Fertilizer
Compost tea is a low-strength, natural fertilizer for seedlings and plants!
Eat Your Asian Veggies!
Gardeners have become more familiar with Asian vegetables like edamame, daikon, pak choi and Japanese eggplants over the last 10 years as Thai, Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese cuisines have become...
Summer Weddings: Seed Favors
We can do weddings differently! The keywords to keep in mind are local, recycled, handmade and simple. Sow True Seed will customize your wedding favors-- seed packets!
Seed Germination Testing
“I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.” – Henry David Thoreau
Wonder Greens: Arugula
Arugula (Eruca sativa) is an edible annual green, sometimes called rocket or roquette. It’s been used since Roman times, but only cultivated on a large scale in the last 20...