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A first time gardener’s journey in seed starting

Follow and experiment alongside Cindy, who is embarking on a summer long project of planting her first veggie garden from seed.

A new garden begins!

Follow and experiment alongside Cindy, who is embarking on a summer long project of planting her first veggie garden from seed. After she sourced all of her materials online – seeds, soil, perlite, containers, grow lights and more – her first step was creating her own seed starter mix. Peek into her basement to see her new set-up and learn the seed-starting recipe she used.

Stay tuned for updates on this exciting growing adventure!

From the archive: first published on the old Gardenstead blog. The date shown is the month its photos were uploaded.

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