The Great Seed Starting Soil Debate

Send us Fan MailThis week, Carol and Dee talk about starting flower seeds, starting vegetable seeds, and several other gardening topics.Head over to our Substack newsletter for more information about this week's episode. Be sure and subscribe to get the newsletter directly in your email inbox!Some links:Flowers: Carol's article on growing mistletoe from seed.Two older books on seed starting:Seeds: The Definitive Guide to Growing, History & Lore by Peter Loewer (1995) (Amazon link to used copies)Park’s Success with Seeds by Ann Reilly (1978) (Amazon link to used copies)Veggies: Two blog posts with more info:Grow your own transplants from seed - Red Dirt Ramblings®Starting tomato seeds - Red Dirt Ramblings®On the Bookshelf:    Groundcover Revolution: How to use sustainable, low-maintenance, low-water groundcovers to replace your turf, by Kathy Jentz (Amazon Link)Dirt:     Margaret Roach’s latest article in NYT: On flower seedsRabbit Holes:Dee: What is a vitrectomy?Carol:  Another  Lost Lady of Garden Writing (Josephine Nuese) and a Month by Month reading project.The usual links:Affiliate link to Botanical Interest Seeds.  Book links are also affiliate links.Email us anytime at [email protected]  For more info on Carol and her books, visit her website.  Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens.For more info on Dee and her book, visit her website.  Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings.Support the showOn Instagram:  Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club.On YouTube.