Growing garlic in your own garden lets you play with flavors you cannot find at stores. We carry more organic seed garlic than any other garden company, at the best prices, so plunge in and get garlicky. How to grow garlic The nuts and bolts of how to grow garlic and harvest garlic are right here for you, in our new video and our downloadable Garlic Growing Guide. The question is, which varieties of garlic seed do you want to plant? Softneck or hardneck or both? Garlic has a neck? By the time you…
Ready to start your first vegetable garden? The three essentials for an easy vegetable garden are: Full sun Convenient water supply Good soil Add some basic supplies and you’ll be off and growing.…
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What is it about ‘Music’ garlic that makes it the most popular seed garlic with our customers? Hardneck First of all, it’s a hardneck garlic and all the hardnecks have more subtle flavors…
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How can I find my USDA plant hardiness zone? Find your USDA plant hardiness zone by typing your zipcode in this link. The zipcode tool from the National Gardening Association is easy to use, and simpler…
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They’re a big family, those alliums. From the familiar onions and softneck garlics, to the less famous but intriguing shallots, leeks, and hardneck garlics. Some gardeners even use alliums just for…
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What if I told you about an amazing plant? Among its good qualities: *Green most of the year *Controls erosion *Soft enough to walk on barefoot *Strong enough that kids and dogs can play on it *Cheap to…
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Growing garlic in your own garden lets you play with flavors you cannot find at stores. We carry more organic seed garlic than any other garden company, at the best prices, so plunge in and get garlicky.…
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Question: I work for a fledging farm in a relatively complicated climate (high altitude, high wind, desert). We recently purchased a few soil amendments from Peaceful Valley and are now contemplating…
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Good news! It’s easy to grow blueberries in containers on your deck or patio. That’s a boon for small-space gardeners—and it’s fun to have the berries to pick at the outdoor breakfast…
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Blueberries are delicious fruits that inspire amazing desserts and memorable breakfasts. Being able to eat whole, sun-warmed handfuls off of your own bushes makes one cry out “Hallelujah”…
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Blueberry bushes are the surprise addition to your edible landscape Edible landscaping is the hot garden topic for 2011. What does that mean for you? Anything from cranking up the design in your kitchen…
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