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A Quick Inside look into the Miracle of Gardening
July 23, 2012 I've been growing food for a long time. Still, even though I have had many years under my belt growing crop after crop, season after season, I still find it hard to shake off the awe and amazement I experience growing food. There's just something awe-inspiring about how you can take one tiny seed, plant it, and eventually nature turns it into a beautiful plant that yields nutritious fresh vegetables or fruit. There is something miraculous about the process-how a wide variety of factors need to line up just so you can have vegetables and fruit on your table.
To maximize the 'wow' factor in your food gardening venture, keep in mind that a lot depends on your choice of seeds. Here are some quick tips to keep in mind.
First, look for seeds of plants you can't buy from the grocery. Exotic fruits and vegetables add a lot of color and mystery to your plate and garden. Break out from the ordinary-try lemon cucumbers, striped tomatoes, purple carrots, among many other fun varieties. Second, grow plants that have their own history. Use heirloom seeds and tap into almost-extinct fruit and vegetable varieties that harken back to a bygone era. Finally, grow plants that allow you to save their seeds. Most modern vegetable and fruit seeds are hybrids. This is intentional-the producer wants you to keep buying their seeds. Instead, buy heirloom seeds that you can plant season after season.
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Write a review of your own local garden center and win $25! We give away a prize each month. The more reviews you write, the bigger the chances! Share your personal shopping experience of your garden center with our other visitors so they can decide to visit your favorite garden center - or another retailer if your review isn't positive at all. Don't wait and write your review: find your local garden center on the Garden Center Guide and add your review!
Webshops
Are you looking for gardening products and do you want to order them online? Have a look at our selected garden webshops and buy a product where ever and whenever you want.
Garden center chains
On the Garden Center Guide you can find information of the biggest garden center chains of the US. Click on the name of the chain for more information:
- Ace
- Armstrong garden centers
- Calloway / Cornelius Nursery
- Earl May garden centers
- Green Thumb Nursery
- Houston Garden Centers
- IKEA
- Mahoney's garden center
- Meadows Farms Nurseries
- Merrifield Garden Center
- Orchard Supply Hardware
- Pasquesi Home and Gardens
- Petitti Garden Centers
- Pike Nurseries
- Sears
- Star Nursery
- Stein Garden & Gifts
Please visit this page for more information about garden center chains in the US.