Victory Heights Garden

Got toothache? We got toothache plant seeds! This variety called Bullseye produces flowers that pack a punch! Potent and beautiful! Look great in a border, especially when planted en masse!

It’s National Pollinator Week! Explore the role hummingbirds play in the process of pollinating over 8,000 types of flowers with these 4-H at Home Pollinators activities, brought to you by Corteva US! #4HPollinator

It’s hard to miss the flowers of scarlet beebalm (Monarda didyma) when they are screaming red and up to 6 feet tall. Also called Oswego tea, this perennial is n...ative to north Georgia where it thrives in moist areas with a bit of sun. However, it is widely grown throughout Georgia and cultivars like ‘Jacob Cline’ promise to be mildew-resistant, a frequent complaint of garden-grown beebalm. Hummingbirds and bees adore this plant, of course, and it makes a colorful back of the border plant (where it can have room to expand). See more

Avoid planting tomatoes where you grew any vegetables from the same family during the previous year this includes tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and potatoes. Rotating crops reduces plants' risk of disease

The most brilliant white zinnia you'll ever see! White Wedding's snowy double dahlia blooms look stunning in bouquets. Burpee Tip: Cut flowers in early morning or evening; stems are more likely to wilt if cut in midday. Buy White Wedding seeds here: https://bit.ly/3j9g8h2

For an urban gardener, it’s difficult to feel at one with nature when you’re dependent on tiny sacks of commercial soil. Composting soothes so many of my oddities and neuroses, Charlotte Mendelson writes.

This California teenager has helped launch seed libraries in all 50 states. https://modernfarmer.com//this-teenager-helped-launch-see/

Https://tinyurl.com/plant-basics-2021 Every month on the Third Tue, 4 occurrences Join UGA Cooperative Extension to learn all about planting basics at home!... Feb 16, 2021 06:00 PM Eastern Time

Millionaire Tomato has its roots deep in the Ozark, and thanks to the power of seed saving , it still exists today! In 1950, Ed Henson, who ran the general ...store in Champion, Missouri, just down the road from Baker Creek's Missouri farm, got a handful of Millionaire tomato seeds from a friend, and he grew them for many years. We thought the variety was lost, until learning that Canadian seed saver Neil Gillard had been safekeeping them for years! Here’s to the power of seed saving, and to the hard work of generations of Ozark farm families who toiled in the tomato fields and canneries. See more

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