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SEEDS FROM ITALY BLOG
Italian Seed Varieties By Place Name
Italy is a vast country with a varied climate and has the culinary diversity to prove it. Each region is famous for its own specialties, many of which would not...
Italian Seed Varieties By Place Name
Italy is a vast country with a varied climate and has the culinary diversity to prove it. Each region is famous for its own specialties, many of which would not...
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Tips for Fall Gardening Success
Fall can be the most invigorating time in the garden -- for many vegetables as well as gardeners! Cool-loving crops like lettuce, spinach, kale, broccoli, and chicory take on their...
Tips for Fall Gardening Success
Fall can be the most invigorating time in the garden -- for many vegetables as well as gardeners! Cool-loving crops like lettuce, spinach, kale, broccoli, and chicory take on their...
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When to harvest winter squash
Winter squash and pumpklns require a large investment of garden space and time, but reward the gardener with sweet, delicious, vitamin-rich fruits that hold well into fall and winter. For...
When to harvest winter squash
Winter squash and pumpklns require a large investment of garden space and time, but reward the gardener with sweet, delicious, vitamin-rich fruits that hold well into fall and winter. For...
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Preserve your herbs in butter and oil
Many culinary herbs love cool weather — and when summer hits, they bolt (go to seed) or get tough and lose their delicate flavor. That’s why early summer is the...
Preserve your herbs in butter and oil
Many culinary herbs love cool weather — and when summer hits, they bolt (go to seed) or get tough and lose their delicate flavor. That’s why early summer is the...
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Pollination Problems
A male squash flower produces ample pollen; it just needs a bee to carry it to a female flower for pollination to occur.Every summer, we hear from a few people...
Pollination Problems
A male squash flower produces ample pollen; it just needs a bee to carry it to a female flower for pollination to occur.Every summer, we hear from a few people...
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Growing a late crop of tomatoes
Getting early tomatoes is a kind of a game for most gardeners; we start our seeds inside in winter, surround young plants with plastic or water walls, warm the soil with...
Growing a late crop of tomatoes
Getting early tomatoes is a kind of a game for most gardeners; we start our seeds inside in winter, surround young plants with plastic or water walls, warm the soil with...
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When to start seeds indoors
Here is a schedule for starting seeds indoors, relative to your frost-free date. It assumes you will have good indoor seed-starting conditions so that seeds germinate fast and grow quickly....
When to start seeds indoors
Here is a schedule for starting seeds indoors, relative to your frost-free date. It assumes you will have good indoor seed-starting conditions so that seeds germinate fast and grow quickly....
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How to schedule outdoor plantings
Vegetables vary in their tolerance to cold, so gardeners generally use the frost-free date as the benchmark for scheduling outdoor plantings. Some cold-tolerant veggies can be planted weeks before the...
How to schedule outdoor plantings
Vegetables vary in their tolerance to cold, so gardeners generally use the frost-free date as the benchmark for scheduling outdoor plantings. Some cold-tolerant veggies can be planted weeks before the...
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Give seeds what they need
Starting seeds indoors is one of the best parts of gardening. You get to work with plants long before spring, and there is nothing more satisfying that watching seedlings push...
Give seeds what they need
Starting seeds indoors is one of the best parts of gardening. You get to work with plants long before spring, and there is nothing more satisfying that watching seedlings push...
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Fall is the time for salads
We had a tremendous summer garden this year and we ate our fill of zucchini, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and basil. As the days shorten and the nights turn chilly, we...
Fall is the time for salads
We had a tremendous summer garden this year and we ate our fill of zucchini, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and basil. As the days shorten and the nights turn chilly, we...
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Success with Zucchetta
We recently asked our customers to tell us about their favorite zucchini varieties. Quite a few people mentioned two varieties that technically aren't zucchini at all — they are known...
Success with Zucchetta
We recently asked our customers to tell us about their favorite zucchini varieties. Quite a few people mentioned two varieties that technically aren't zucchini at all — they are known...
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Three Types of Arugula
Arugula is one of those typically Italian vegetables that has become mainstream in America. And for good reason. It's a delicious green, with a lot more flavor than lettuce, plus...
Three Types of Arugula
Arugula is one of those typically Italian vegetables that has become mainstream in America. And for good reason. It's a delicious green, with a lot more flavor than lettuce, plus...
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If you want to try Agretti, grow your own
In our global economy, where almost every kind of food can be imported from afar, only rare, regional, and highly perishable foods remain elusive. Agretti is a prime example —...
If you want to try Agretti, grow your own
In our global economy, where almost every kind of food can be imported from afar, only rare, regional, and highly perishable foods remain elusive. Agretti is a prime example —...
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Import restrictions on tomato, pepper seed
In late 2019, the United States Department of Agriculture abruptly imposed a ban on the import of tomato and pepper seeds until they are tested and found free of a...
Import restrictions on tomato, pepper seed
In late 2019, the United States Department of Agriculture abruptly imposed a ban on the import of tomato and pepper seeds until they are tested and found free of a...
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The Artichoke Challenge
If you’re the kind of gardener who likes to flex your horticultural muscle with a challenging crop, may we suggest Italian artichokes? Artichokes are perennial in their Mediterranean home, where...
The Artichoke Challenge
If you’re the kind of gardener who likes to flex your horticultural muscle with a challenging crop, may we suggest Italian artichokes? Artichokes are perennial in their Mediterranean home, where...
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Better than San Marzano?
Paste tomatoes are essential to every dedicated gardener who wants to preserve a bit of summer by making their own passata. With so many Italian paste tomato varieties available, how...
Better than San Marzano?
Paste tomatoes are essential to every dedicated gardener who wants to preserve a bit of summer by making their own passata. With so many Italian paste tomato varieties available, how...
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