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Cool Idea: Free Tomato Seeds From Campbell's
Ready to start your victory garden? Then consider adding some tomatoes to the mix. For the first time ever, the Campbell Soup Company is offering you the opportunity to grow the specially cultivated seeds used to grow tomatoes for its tomato soup.
The Card Shop: Notes to Grow On
When sending a hand-written note, it always pays to have cute stationery. But, what about multipurpose stationery? Why just send a card, when you can send a small packet of seeds along with it?
Cool Idea: Swords Into Ploughshares, Planting the Piece
Richmond, VA, artists Christopher Humes and Noah Scalin have taken the Bible literally in their art installation strong>Planting the Piece. The artists interpret the Book of Isaiah quote, "And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks" in a wholly 21st century — and absolutely inspirational — manner.
The artists molded a 9mm 910 pistol, and then filled the mold with red clay powder, organic humus compost, water, and a seed mixture of annual and perennial flowers, including cornflower, daisies, blazing stars, lupines, poppies, and many other flowers.
Casa Verde: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault Opens
Today in Norway, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault opened its doors to the first deposits of what will eventually be 100 million seeds from over 100 countries. Seeds such as maize, rice, wheat, cowpea, eggplant, lettuce, barley, and potato were some of the first deposits in the seed vault. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault contains the most diverse and comprehensive collection of food crop seeds in the world.
Time Lapse Inspiration
While it doesn't seem as if my lettuce, peas, and cruciferous veggies are growing at all in this cold and rainy weather, I know that they must be. Still, I'm going to scratch my gardening itch by starting some seeds indoors this week. There's a great sunny space behind the kitchen sink just begging for some seeds to be started there.
Fall Garden Inspiration: Seed Catalogs (and Sites)
Whether you grew a prolific vegetable patch last summer or are just gearing up to start your very first garden, now is the time to start planning. There are a ton of great seed catalogs out there that will help you to gain inspiration. Check out Seeds of Change,
Territorial Seed Company, or Abundant Life Seeds for organic seeds and garden supplies.
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How-To: Planting Seeds
Just like you've got to learn your ABC's before you write a bestseller, or even a discount bin title, you must learn the basics of planting seeds before you attempt to grow a full-fledged vegetable garden. So, to commence Good to Grow month, I'm going to start you off with the foundations of seed growth. Then, you'll be armed and ready to grow your very own hanging Solanum lycopersicums, and perhaps some Cucurbita pepos and Abelmoschus esculentus.
Etsy Find: Plantable Card Set
Perhaps taking a note from the Blooming Wrapping Paper I wrote about, the Recycled Ideas Plantable Card Set ($10) is a set of pastel cards embedded with seeds that you can plant to grow your choice of flowers. The cards themselves are simple and blank, so you can personalize them with your own message, and of course, they come with germination instructions. Since they're handmade, they have the wonderful irregularities and texture that only handmade paper has.
Love Shack: Year of Seeds
Don't want to send roses this Valentine's Day? Then consider giving that special someone a Year of Seeds ($70). Your favorite gardener can grow a windowsill garden year round with this unique starter kit of easy-to-grow seeds.
Nice and New: Graham and Brown's Essence Collection
I still love the Tempting Wallpaper by Linda Barker in my foyer, but were I in the market for a new design, I'd definitely consider Graham & Brown's new Essence collection. The new line's seven designs feature delicate, meandering botanicals, and bold, graphic stripes. The palettes are subtle but sharp, including crimsons, charcoals, duck eggs, and creams.
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