Lisa’s Tips, Tricks & Favorite Things
Watch:
Videos: Soil Blocking
Read:
- FAQ: Seed Starting with Soil Blocking
- Low-budget Plants
- Seed Starting Troubles
- Seed Starting: The Pain and the Triumph
- Caring for Seedlings
- In the presence of seedlings….
- Seed Starting, When should you start anyway?
How-to-use it:
Videos: How-to use TGW Product
Read:
Links of Interest
- Find your local cut-flower farmer
- Find your hardiness zone
- Find your frost dates
- Weed ID from Virginia Tech
- Local Harvest
- Soil test: Waypoint Analytics
- Find your local master gardener
Tips:
- Growing Cut Flowers Like the Pros!
- Amaryllis Make Fabulous Cut Flowers too!
- Get More from your Cut Flowers!
- Cut Flower Harvest Guide
Becoming a Farmer
Books (Affiliate Links*)
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- The New Organic Grower, A Master’s Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener by
- The Vegetable Gardening Book: Your complete guide to growing an edible organic garden from seed to harvest by Joe Lamp’l
- The Flower Farmer: An Organic Grower’s Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers by
- Good Bug Bad Bug: Who’s Who, What They Do, and How to Manage Them Organically by
- Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden by
- The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife by
- Wildscape: Trilling Chipmunks, Beckoning Blooms, Salty Butterflies, and other Sensory Wonders of Nature by
Special Deals:
- If you are growing cut flowers and don’t have Allan Armitage’s books, now is the time! They should be in every farmer’s library. Visit his bookstore and use the code ‘Lisa’ for free shipping. (U.S. domestic orders only).
Tools of the Trade (Affiliate Links*)
- 2-Quart (8 cups) Plastic Measuring Cup
- Valent USA Dipel Pro DF Biological Insecticide BT 54%, 1lb Bag
- Irrigation suppliers: DripWorks*
*As an Amazon Affiliate, The Gardener’s Workshop may earn a small commission if you purchase using these links within a certain timeframe. This commission is paid by Amazon at no additional cost to you.