The New Seed-Starters Handbook - Paperback

by Nancy Bubel (Author), Jean Nick (Author)

Learn how to grow more than 200 plants--from vegetables, fruits, herbs, and garden flowers to wildflowers, trees, and shrubs--with this completely revised and updated guide to starting seeds at home.

This robust, easy-to-use reference explains everything you need to know to start seeds and raise healthy seedlings successfully. Written by gardeners, for gardeners, The New Seed-Starters Handbook is filled with practical, step-by-step instructions to start your seeds indoors, transplant your seedlings, and save seeds to do it all again.

You'll also find helpful advice, hints, and tips on how to:
- Choose your materials, from seeds and growing mediums to containers and light
- Plan and map your space and keep records in a garden diary
- Repel pests and protect against animals
- Garden with children so that everyone has fun
- Work with outdoor structures, including greenhouses
- Save seeds strategically and determine their viability
- Master troubleshooting techniques for every step of the process

Using The New Seed-Starters Handbook, you can harvest earlier, grow healthier, and save money by starting your own seeds at home!

Author Biography

Nancy Bubel has written for Organic Gardening, Mother Earth News, Country Journal Magazine, Horticulture, Family Circle, Woman's Day, and New Shelter magazines. A life member of both the Seed Savers Exchange and the Friends of the Trees Society, she lives in Wellsville, Pennsylvania.

Jean Nick is a lifelong organic gardener, sustainable farmer, scientist, author, and environmentalist. She has been writing about organic gardening and healthy lifestyles for the better part of three decades from her organic sheep farm in rural Bucks County, Pennsylvania.