Comments on: Organic and Green Savings: Gardening Edition!

By: Lisa @Retro Housewife Goes Green

Lisa @Retro Housewife Goes Green — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:40:37 +0000

I have no where inside to start from seeds and last year when I tried to start seeds in the garden very little happened lol. I’m not 100% sure what I’m going to do this year.

For flower gardens I like the bio pots at Home Depot that you just plant with the plant so the only waste is a label. I’m trying to plant perennials so each spring I can just add plants and not have to re-plant.

Thanks for all the ideas!
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By: Amber

Amber — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:10:47 +0000

This year I’ve started my plants from seed, some of which I saved myself from my own garden last year. So I’ve managed to avoid the little plastic pots. I feel especially good about the seed saving, actually. Growing heirloom varieties I’ve picked up at the farmer’s market contributes to biodiversity, and I know the seeds are healthy and not modified in any way. So, so great!
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By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:52:47 +0000

Thanks for the tip on the seedlings! I will try the peat pots instead – although I think I”m too late this year! It seems like we were drowning in snow one day and then full of blooms the next. I keep expecting to look outside and see a winter wonderland!

By: I Wilkerson

I Wilkerson — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:45:39 +0000

My condolences on the loss of your seedlings. If you want to avoid plastic, I have used peat pots successfully in the past. I would be nervous about the rate of decomposition of the egg shells (they sure seem to compost slowly in my compost heap) and they might not be very stable for tender seedlings that dislike jostling.

Try again next year–if you got sprouts you got a good part of the way there!
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By: Green Mom Dish about How they Dig Spring | Green Talk™

Green Mom Dish about How they Dig Spring | Green Talk™ — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:28:31 +0000

[...] Lynn of Organic Mania must have been reading Amber’s mind when she wrote her post. She laments about her lack of a brown thumb, but offers advice on how to buy green gardening supplies. Lynn explains it is important to buy organic seed since they are not genetically modified. Why? “Concerns have been raised about what the ramifications may be of ingesting GMOs – a practice that has been banned in Japan and the EU. There may be some genetic modification of other crops, but it’s not as common as with corn, soy and tomato – so those are the plants and seedlings you should definitely buy organic.” [...]