Fwd: February Seed Starting Spectacular

February 6, 2010

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Urban Sustainable Living

February 2010

IN THIS ISSUE

Winter Sown

FREE SEED COLLECTION

Spring Garden Planning

Raw Milk Revolution

Aquaponic Seed Starting

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Greetings!

This month's supplemental issue of Urban Sustainable Living is devoted to getting a jumpstart on your spring garden by starting your vegetable plants from seed. Check out the fantastic and resourceful Trudi Davidoff's Winter Sown method. It really works!Trudi has also generously offered to give away a collection of six types of seeds to ANYONE who simply sends a self addressed stamped envelope to her. CLICK HERE to Get the Details.

Kate Bryant breakdown the classic seed starting system of daylight balanced indoor lights. This was the first method I ever tried and it can save thousands of dollars in just a few years. I have also included an article on my own automatic Hydroponic/Aquaponic seed starting factory. This system has become the beating heart of my own garden producing 1400 to 1800 seedlings a year, supply my own garden, and a my neighbors garden's too!

This issue will feature a new column by Alex Lewin of Feed Me Like you Mean it. Alex is a chef and teacher at Cambridge Culinary School and voracious reader! Check out what nifty books Alex has stumbled into to help you lead a more sustainable lifestyle.

Check Last Months Great articles on Lasagna Gardening, Leafy Greens and More:

Visit with me in Dallas, TX February 20-21 at North Haven Gardens, For more info go on my live lecture visit www.nhg.com

And if your new around here don't forget to visit our archive page, which is being updated weekly with articles from last year!

Patti Moreno the Publisher

How to

Winter Sow Seeds

Get a headstart on Mother Nature with Winter Sown

First, let me give you a little background as to why I sowed the seeds during the Winter. I live in a very small house, a cottage actually, and I simply do not have room for a light set up, also, any window space I have must be fought from the cat and "Prinny" likes to look out on the street and watch the world go by, so I have to give her a windowsill. She's a good cat and deserves her place in the sun.

Read the Full Article HERE

FREE SEED COLLECTION!

WinterSown.Org would like to freely give Urban Sustainable Living's readers a collection of six different packs of seeds to help get them going with their Winter Sowing! Seeds will include easy-to-grow annuals, perennials, an heirloom tomato and a kitchen herb.

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Plan and Start your Spring Garden

Sow your own slew of seeds for a vibrant backyard vegetable harvest

There are few satisfactions to match that of starting your own vegetables from seed. Part craft, part science, the process awakens nurturing instincts in even the most hardened urban dwellers. Sowing seeds connects you to the very cycle of life, beginning with the alchemical blending of dry seed with moisture, temperature, light, and the day-to-day care and feeding that brings a bounty of fresh food to your table.

Read the Full Article HERE

The Raw Milk Revolution

I recently read The Raw Milk Revolution , by David E. Gumpert I recommend it to anyone who is interested in raw milk; in the viability of small-scale farming in the US today; or, more broadly, in the balance between individual rights on the one hand, and the state's role in protecting public health on the other-a civil liberties issue, really.

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Aquaponic Seed Starting

Every year I start just over a thousand seedlings for my vegetable, flower, and annual gardens. I get a basic, primal joy out of the process. It is one of the highlights of my gardening life, spending those hours gazing at books, magazines, catalogues and playing with my seed packets as the gloomy, winter weather takes hold outside.

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Sincerely,

Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl