Companion Planting: A Guide
If you use organic practices in your garden, you know the struggle of not only growing great food, but also battling pests and diseases along the way. The long-term payoffs...
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Everything a Gardener Needs to Know About Open-Pollinated Seeds
What Are Open-Pollinated Seeds? What comes to mind when you envision the meaning of open-pollinated? A flower, bright and wide in the daylight as a friendly pollinator visits its attractive...
Sow True Seed Call to Artists 2026
Sow True Seed Announces Annual Call to Artists for 2026 Seed Packet Artwork and Catalog Cover Asheville, NC (January 15, 2026) - Sow True Seed invites artists from across the...
Everything a Gardener Needs to Know About Open-Pollinated Seeds
What Are Open-Pollinated Seeds? What comes to mind when you envision the meaning of open-pollinated? A flower, bright and wide in the daylight as a friendly pollinator visits its attractive...
Sow True Seed: Our Generative AI Policy
Sow True Seed will never use generative AI in any art, copywriting, blog posts, or advertisements of any kind. Our human-first business will continue to be just that - human...
How to Grow Brussels Sprouts
Brussels Sprouts can be grown in all areas of the United States. Their long time to maturity and sensitivity to nutrient imbalances have given them a reputation for being difficult....
How to Grow Beets
Sometimes with beets it seems that people love them or… don’t love them. But we are of the belief that if you think you don’t love beets - you just...
How to Grow Garlic
How to Grow Garlic Our favorite bulbous storage crop: Garlic. Garlic is a part of the Allium family which also includes leeks and all types of onions. It is an...
Our Favorite Seeds for Fall Gardens
Fall gardening is the most underrated gardening season of the year. It’s often overlooked after a long summer season. But instead of skipping out on fall gardening this year, we...
Behind the Scenes: The Photoshoots That Brought our Brand Refresh to Life
If you haven’t heard already, we’ve just introduced our brand refresh. Sow True Seed now has a new logo, new website, new seed packets, and all around a fresh new...
Welcome to the Next Chapter of Sow True Seed
It’s a great day for being a part of the Sow True Seed community - thank you for being here and thank you for being a loyal customer. Whether you’ve...
Okra - The Complete Guide to Growing Okra from Seed to Seed
Okra, Abelmoschus esculentus If you’re not an okra lover, read on, okra is amazing. If you are an okra lover, read on, you may not be tapping into its full...
How to Grow Perennial Potato Onions
An endless supply of onions that store forever and are easy to grow? Enter perennial potato onions. These are some of our favorite alliums out there. They are so easy...
Composting 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Composting in Your Garden
Composting is a natural extension of your garden routine. This process reduces waste and feeds your garden, is sustainable long term, helps the environment, and isn’t even that much additional...
How to Grow Carrots: A Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners and Gardeners
Growing carrots is notoriously challenging but it really doesn’t have to be! Whether it’s a situation of rethinking your growing medium, your fertilizer, or even the types of carrots you’re...
Grow Your Own Saffron
Many of you know Saffron as “The World’s Most Expensive Spice”, but did you know it can be easily grown right in your own backyard garden?
Frost Dates
Frost dates are the days (on average) in every zone that that area experiences its last frost in the spring and its first frost in the fall. Between these dates...