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Attracting and feeding hummingbirds

Hummingbirds are easily attracted to your garden with a special feeder and nectar you can make from just sugar and water.  There are also plants like bee balm and cardinal flower which attract hummingbirds on their own.  ...more

The lastest trends in gardening and horticulture

New England Grows is an annual trade-show for horticultural professionals. Here thousands of people in the green industry come together to learn about the latest trends in gardening and landscaping. ...more

How & Why To Use Long Handled Garden Tools

Long handled tools come in a variety of shapes for different jobs.  The great aspect of long handled tools is that they are ergonomically better for your back and make gardening chores easier.  In this video Dave Epstein ...more

Using Windows As A Greenhouse

Recently, I had a few old windows laying around the house.  Rather than discard them, I decided to use them to start some seeds early in the garden.  By raising the windows slightly with some old pieces of wood I was abl ...more

Tubtrug Containers

Click Here To Buy Tubtrugs® the original 2-handled tubs that are the most useful tool for thousands of jobs around the home and garden. A Tubtrug® is great for carrying, mixing, pouring, scooping, plastering, storing, ...more

Using An Air Spade For Trees

The air spade is a state-of-the art excavation tool that is revolutionizing the arboricultural industry. The air spade uses great volumes of compressed air to remove and break up soil—even hard clay—without damaging ro ...more

Watering Your Garden The Right Amount

If you are not sure how much water you are giving your plants how do you know if you are watering correctly.  In this video, Dave Epstein, host of Growing Wisdom shows you how to measure the output of your water system correc ...more

Building A High Tunnel

High tunnels are a way to extend the growing season by protecting your crops without heat.  I built a high tunnel using bent electrical conduit and some re-bar.  By putting the re-bar in the ground and the conduit over i ...more

Long Handled Garden Tools

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Broadforks For Tilling and Harvest

Broadforks come in several models for different uses.  They are a great way to turn soil or harvest with ease. Eliot Coleman developed the original Broadfork for deep aeration of vegetable gardens. That model, which we are no ...more

Knives & Cutting Tools For The Garden

There's nothing like having the right tool for the job. Whatever type of vegetable you're harvesting -- or prepping for use in the kitchen -- there's a knife that's specially designed for the purpose. ...more

Pinpoint Seeder For Planting

Putting down seeds is a breeze with Johnny's Selected Seeds 4 Row Seeder.  They received a lot of feedback over the years about the Four-Row Pinpoint Seeder and incorporated everything we heard into their design. Up to six ro ...more

Soil Block Makers For Seed Starting
Soil Block Makers For Seed Starting

A great way to start seeds is to use Johnny's Selected Seeds soil block makers.  They enable you to create blocks of soil that can then be used to plant your seeds.  The plants will grow and then can be planted in pots, ...more

Quick Hoops Bender For Low Tunnel

Hoophouse style protection at 1/20th the cost. Extend the growing season for cold-hardy crops with a very late season harvest or overwinter them for earliest possible Spring harvest. ...more

Tubtrugs® For The Garden

Click Here To Buy Tubtrugs® the original 2-handled tubs that are the most useful tool for thousands of jobs around the home and garden. A Tubtrug® is great for carrying, mixing, pouring, scooping, plastering, storing, was ...more

Extending The Growing Season

In parts of the world that get frosts or freezes we all wish we had a few extra weeks to garden.  There is an increasing number of products on the market to help gardeners extend the season. In this video we explore several ...more

Growing Using Cold Frames

Cold Frames are a great way to extend the growing season.  As simple as a few cinder blocks and an old window pane and you good to grow. ...more

Harvesting Lettuce Using Greens Tool

The greens harvesting tool makes picking leaf lettuce easy and fun.  You will save hours of time and harvest all of your crop using this wonderful tool from Johnny's Selected Seeds. Whether you have a few rows of lettuce or a ...more

Sharpening & Caring For Garden Tools

Tools can be expensive to replace.  However, many times you can just replace the blade or handle and the tool will be good as new. Proper care is key to maintaining your tools for years to come.  When you replace a blade ...more

Gardening: How To Use Row Covers

Sometimes you want to cover your plants to protect them from frost, too much sunshine, strong winds or bad insects.  A great organic technique is to use row covers.  Made of fabrics of different strengths, row covers p ...more

Transplanting Made Easy

Whether you have a just a few tomatoes or hundred of plants to put in the garden, the Hatfield Transplanter makes planting faster, easier, and saves your back.  The transplanter opens a 2" X 2" square hole from the ...more

How The Green Industry Works

Have you ever wondered how some of your favorite products are selected to appear in your local nursery or greenhouse?  What about why one brand of tractor is used by landscape company A and another brand by landscape company ...more

How To Clean Garden Tools Properly

Anyone who gardens, even just a bit, has a garden tool or too.  Whether these cost you a few dollars or over 100, you want to properly take care of them.  Proper care of your tools will give you years of use, improper ca ...more

Using Gloves You'll Love

If you're like me, you may have mixed feelings about wearing gloves in the garden. I love having them on my hands, because I want to keep my hands and nails clean. Most gloves, however, make it awkward to do simple tas ...more



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