Starting Seeds: How to Grow Healthy, Productive Vegetables, Herbs, and Flowers from Seed
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    [synopsis] => Get a jump on the gardening season! In this Storey BASICS® guide, Barbara Ellis provides the basic information that you need to start a variety of vegetables, herbs, and flowers from seed. Ellis shares simple, proven techniques for sowing seeds, managing indoor plants, and creating proper growing conditions so your seedlings can thrive. Packed with expert advice suitable for both beginners and experienced gardeners, Starting Seeds will inspire you to plant a seed and watch it grow.  Growing a garden from seed is easy with this compact guide to plant selection, sowing techniques, and seedling care.

   Barbara W. Ellis is a freelance writer, editor, and lifelong gardener. She is the author of many gardening books, including The Veggie Gardener's Answer Book, Deckscaping, Shady Retreats, and Covering Ground. She holds a B.S. in horticulture from the Ohio State University, Columbus, and a B.A. from Kenyon College. She has worked as managing editor at Rodale Press and as publications director for the American Horticultural Society and is affiliated with the Hardy Plant Society Mid-Atlantic Group, the Garden Writers Association, and the Perennial Plant Association. She lives and gardens in Maryland, where she and her husband live in a renovated "green" home with an assortment of rescued dogs, cats, and parrots. Her garden, which is managed organically and designed to be wildlife-friendly, features a wide range of ornamentals, herbs, and edibles for both sun and shade. 
	Exactly What You Need to Know
	There are so many reasons to start your garden from seed! You'll love the exciting variety of available seeds, and you'll save money and enjoy greater control over the health of your plants. Barbara Ellis, an expert gardener and author of several books on gardening, offers practice, concise advice for sowing seeds, managing seedlings indoors and out, and developing schedules that ensure your seedlings are ready to plant when the weather is right. Starting Seeds offers everything you need to begin a thriving garden. 
	The Magic of Seeds
	

Part 1: Getting Started
	What Do You Want to Grow?
	Get to Know Your Garden
	Seed Savvy
	How Many Packets?
	Germination 101
	Set Up a Sowing Schedule
	Seed-Grower's Problem Solver
	Saving and Storing Secrets
	 
	Part 2: Starting Seeds Indoors
	Gather Your Gear
	Sowing Your Seed
	Special-Needs Seeds
	From Seeds to Seedlings
	Potting On
	Perennials from Seed
	Moving Plants to Your Garden
	Care after Planting
	 
	Part 3: Sowing Seeds Outdoors
	Getting Your Garden Ready for Seeds
	Spacing: Beds, Rows, or Broadcasting?
	Sowing in the Flower Garden
	Caring for Seeds and Seedlings
	 
	Resources and Links
	Index 
	Starting Seeds walks you through everything you need to start in the endeavor of starting plants from seed in your front room, basement, greenhouse, cold frame, or kitchen window. 
	Starting Seeds is a basic guide to growing plants from seed, whether they're started indoors or out.-Portland Book Review 
	Starting Seeds is a basic guide to growing plants from seed, whether they're started indoors or out.-Portland Book Review 
	A great how-to resource for self-reliance.-Tulsa Book Review 
	This book, part of the Storey Basics series, contains a treasure trove of information about starting plants from seeds in a book that is small enough to fit in a pocket.
	 
	 -Charlotte Observer  
	A fantastic resource for starting plants from seeds. 
	A step-by-step guide with simple but descriptive drawings, Starting Seeds should help the gardener from the moment the seed envelope is ripped open to setting out the young plants.
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