The New Seed-Starters Handbook [Paperback]

Starting plants from a seed grants earlier harvests, greater variety, healthier seedlings, lower costs, and the undeniable sense of satisfaction and reward.

For the most complete, up-to-date information on starting plants from seed, turn toThe New Seed-Starter's Handbook.Written by a gardener with 30 years of experience, this updated, easy-to-use reference explains everything you need to know to start seeds and raise healthy seedlingssuccessfully.

You'll find:
- The latest research in seed starting
- The best growing media
- The newest gardening materials
- Solutions to seed-starting problems
- Source lists for seeds and hard-to-find gardening supplies

The robust encyclopedia section lists more than 200 plants—including vegetables and fruits, garden flowers, wildflowers, herbs, trees, and shrubs—with details on how to start each from seed.Nancy Bubelhas written forOrganic Gardening, Mother Earth News, Country JournalMagazine,Horticulture, Family Circle, Woman's Day,andNew Sheltermagazines. A life member of both the Seed Savers Exchange and the Friends of the Trees Society, she lives in Wellsville, PA.

Jean Nickis 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, PA.SECTION ONE

STARTING SEEDS INDOORS

To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds and watch the renewal of life–this is the most commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do.

–Charles Dudley Warner


WHY START YOUR OWN PLANTS FROM SEEDS?

Security and adventure might be considered opposites in some situations, but the gardener who raises plants from seed can experience both. Security–that confidence in the lC-