This is for my twitter followers but whoever gets to the web site first is welcome to the free seeds. What you need to do is put $12 or less worth of seeds in your cart and then enter coupon 55 on the first page of check out. One order per residence. It will let 10 people use the coupon for the next 24 hours. If you want to make a big order you can enter 15 in the coupon box for 15 percent off you entire order. Shipping is free. If you keep your order to $12 or less it will cost you nothing. If you are happy with your purchase after you receive it leave a comment here or give me a shout on Twitter at cheapseeds.

Go to www.cheapseeds.com to get the free seeds.

It is the perfect  time to start planing your perennial flowers like blackeyed susan, puple conflower, blanketflower, and shasta daisy.

If  you live in Minnesota you have to pay the tax.

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Having a greenhouse at home is an increasingly common way to nurture plants and to protect them from harsh weather. In many climates, it’s a necessary part of the year’s gardening in order to have a lush garden of flowers. In just about any climate, there are a number of reasons why having your own, small greenhouse is a practical way to give your gardening projects a boost.

In some climates, having a garden is made difficult by late frosts and early snows. Starting a few seedlings indoors can make it easier to get a spring garden started when it gets warm enough outdoors, but it can prove difficult to start a whole garden that way. A greenhouse can supply seedlings with all the sunlight they need while protecting them from the cold weather. With some simple shelving or bakers racks, even a very small greenhouse can be used to start hundreds of seedlings to fill a flower garden. They can then be transplanted outdoors when the conditions are right.

Some gardeners love to grow flowers or herbs that will be available all year. By using a greenhouse, they can keep their flowers safe from the winter weather in order to provide cut flowers for the table even after the first frost has killed off many of the outdoor flowers. For herb growers, a home greenhouse can make it possible to grow herbs for most of the year, providing fresh herbs for cooking during months when they would otherwise not have been available.

For some gardeners, a home greenhouse can allow them to grow plants and flowers that they ordinarily wouldn’t be able to grow in their climate. Flowers that need a consistent heat or a high humidity level often flourish under greenhouse conditions. This greatly expands the type of flowers that a gardener can grow, adding interesting specimens to the garden.

We just started selling the Snap & Grow™ greenhouses that are a snap to put together. We also Carry the The HobbyGrower™ Enthusiast™ Special Edition.

We give away $50 worth of seeds and a gavanized potting bench with each greenhouse. If you have ever been interested in having an easy to construct and easy to care for hobby greenhouse you will love these.

Keep Gardening. Jeff

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Transplanting seedlings is something that many people do in the springtime to jumpstart their flower gardens. In many climates, the last frost or free comes late in the year, making it hard to plant flowers outdoors that will bloom in their first year. If you live in a cold climate and haven’t been able to plant seeds outdoors yet, planting seeds indoors can be done quickly and easily, giving your plants a head start on this year’s growth.

One of the easiest ways to achieve this is to start flower seeds in biodegradable seedling pots. These are usually made from pressed peat moss or a similar formulation, and they allow a plant to be transplanted directly into the ground when the weather warms up enough to plant them outside. Simply dig a hole and place the pot in it, or break up the pot a little if it’s still stiff to allow the roots to reach the outer soil. This means no stress will be caused to the roots of the young plants. It also means that you can skip the sometimes difficult process of digging the seedling carefully out of a pot and trying to transplant it without breaking the roots.

Another reason to use biodegradable pots for your transplanting is that they are better for the environment than using plastic pots. They are made from natural substances, and they biodegrade directly into the soil, leaving the soil fertile and ready to nourish the roots. Plastic seedling pots are generally throw away after one or two uses and add to landfill waste. If you have tried peat pots before and didn’t like them, another option is to try paper cups instead of plastic. This lessens the amount of waste that you will throw away, and the paper cups eventually biodegrade.

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Many gardeners start off their spring flower beds by tilling the soil. This is not necessary for all gardens, but there are times that tilling is necessary for successful gardening. Tilling should be done only when the soil is relatively dry and is warm. If the ground is still frosty, the tilling should wait until the last of the frost is gone. The soil should be at least 60 degrees when it is tilled. If the soil is too wet, it will not be broken up well by the tiller, and you could even damage the machinery. To test whether or not the soil is too wet, pick some up and try to make a ball with it. If you can make a mud ball, the area is too wet for tilling. If the soil falls apart, it is dry enough for the tiller.

Once the soil conditions are right, a garden tiller can be used to break up the grass and weeds that are standing between you and the flower garden that you want. The tiller will move best in rows, much like the movement of a push mower. Go over each row only once with the tiller. Only go as deep as you need. Going too deep brings up dormant weed seeds that will begin to grow if they end up on top of the soil. Using a shovel or fork to turn over the soil is also an option if you don’t have a tiller.

Once the rows are completed over the area that you want tilled, the remnants of the plants will need to be removed from the soil. Depending on how large the space is, this can be done either with a rake or by hand. All of the roots and seeds that remain in the soil should be removed in order to prevent them from growing back and encroaching on your new flowers.

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If you have planted early flowers this spring, you may soon need to deadhead them to ensure the best growth of your plants throughout their growing season. For many flowers, deadheading helps the plant to produce more flowers. In many cases, it allows the flowers that are blooming to get more light than if they had dead flowers blocking their sunlight. It also sends more of the plant’s energy to the newer stems and flowers rather than to a stem that has a dead flower at the end. A plant depends on its dead flowers to drop its seeds into the ground. If you cut off the dead flower before it drops, you will encourage the plant to try again by producing more flowers.

Deadheading a flower properly really depends on how the flower grows on the plant. If the flower grows at the top of a long stem that will grow no other flowers on it, deadhead it by cutting at the base of that stem rather than closer to the dead flower.