Summer gardening is here!

Summer has arrived in most places but there are lots of plants you can start from seed in your garden right now. Simply clear a patch of soil, rake in a little compost if your soil needs it, and then poke the seeds into the soil. Keep the soil moist over the next few days until the seeds sprout. Direct-sown seeds are a fun and economical way to fill holes in your flower garden and revel in delicious homegrown veggies.

Easy Direct-Sown Seeds!

It's the perfect time to direct-sow seeds! Beans, Beets, Carrots, Cucumbers, heat-tolerant Lettuces, Melons, , , Radishes, Salad Blends, Salad Greens, Summer Squash and Winter Squash are just a few of the veggies that prefer to be direct-sown outdoors.

Want to up the flower power in your garden? Bachelor's Buttons, Calendula, Cosmos, Marigolds, Morning Glories, Nasturtiums, Sunflowers and Zinnias are just some of the many flowers that can be direct-sown now.

Teach Your Children Gardening!

Now that schools are letting out all over the country, it’s a great time to get your children out in the garden. Children of all ages take great pride and have big fun planting little seeds with their own hands. What’s more miraculous than watching little sprouts emerge, seedlings develop, and plump, luscious fruit appear! You can get creative with them: twine together long branches to create tee-pees and grow green beans around it, or plant zucchini seeds under a trellis at eye-height, so they can watch the blossoms spring forth and yield yummy green and yellow fruits. They can plant all sorts of beautiful flowers for their own special cutting gardens and surprise their grandparents with their own little bouquets. They can still plant sunflower seeds and measure themselves against them, and in the fall, feel so happy that the birds are eating the flower seeds as the big flower heads tilt toward the soil.

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