Gardening Blog

Stratify seeds in the winter time for the spring garden.

What Can You Plant Outside Right Now? Stratifying Your Seeds

We can make it. Spring is closer than it is far. We can make it!

Make your own mushroom logs with Sow True Seed mushroom starter kit.

Watch: How to Grow Mushroom Logs

Growing mushrooms on logs is very much like planting seeds in a raised bed. You make a hole in the soil (log), you plant the seed (plug spawn) and you...

The Dollars and Cents of Starting a Small Organic Garden from Scratch

Plan, prepare, and grow!

Recipes for the Harvest: Garden Vegetable Soup

Winter is a great time for soup! Transform your frozen summer bounty into a cozy and delicious bowl of wonderful.

Recipes for the Harvest: Caprese Salad, Dreaming of Tomatoes!

Let’s transport ourselves to our overflowing and delicious gardens from next summer. I’m going to share with you one of my all-time favorite summer recipes.

Recipes for the Harvest: New Years Hoppin' Johns and Collards

Homegrown delicious New Year's dinner.

Sprout your own sprouting seeds from home anytime of the year using Sow True Seed USDA organic non-GMO sprouting seeds.

How To Grow Great Microgreens and Sprouts

Microgreens and sprouts are a great way to get fresh greens right at your kitchen counter. Whether it’s winter, you don’t have a large outdoor garden, or you’re looking to...

Growing wildflowers is great for your gardens health and benefits pollinators.

Planting Wildflowers In The Fall

Wildflowers are one of the garden’s greatest treasures. They provide for bees and insects of all varieties. Order Sow True Seed flower mixes today!

Preserving the Harvest: Tomatoes, Herbs and the Bounty of Late Summer

In December, you will praise your forethought if you spend a little time each summer day preserving the jewels of summer.

Summer tomato recipes and preservation techniques.

Eating, Saving and Celebrating Tomatoes

Some of our favorite ways to enjoy tomatoes.

Soil composition and health is key to your gardens production and bug control.

Thinking Ahead: Soil Preparation For Next Year

It’s important to think ahead. Even during the growing season you can work on soil health for the following year.

Honesty, Trust and Garlic

Here is a short clip from a documentary on businesses with Real Value in WNC. Carol Koury, owner and founder of Sow True Seed, talks about honesty, trust and garlic! Support...

Providing habitat for pollinators is key to their survival.

A Great Excuse to Grow Flowers

I recently attended a Pollinator Conservation workshop sponsored by the Xerces Society and the National Resources Conservation Service of the USDA. Knowing where my food comes from is my passion...