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Transplant Shock

Have you ever lost a vegetable seedling after you transplanted it? Have you ever wondered why your transplanted seedlings look so droopy after transplanting? Have you experienced incredibly slow growth after transplanting your seedlings? Read on to learn how to avoid or minimize these transplanting issues! What is transplant shock? Plants are meant to be grown in the same place over their entire lifespan. When plants are moved, their roots often suffer some damage from either being dug up or from handling during transplantation.

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What is hardening off?

Greenhouse kept seedlings are not exposed to the full spectrum of the sun because the plastic or glass layers block some of the sunlight. This means that the plant seedlings can actually sunburn if they are suddenly exposed to the sun full time after growing up in the greenhouse! The same is true of wind. A plant started in the ground is exposed to wind as soon as the seedling emerges.

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Hate Weeding? Try These Strategies!

Keeping up with weeds can be a full time job sometimes. It is the least pleasant part of maintaining a summer garden. We all want to spend as little time as possible on tasks we don’t enjoy. Read on for tools and strategies that can help you reduce this time consuming task. Tilling You can use tilling strategically to control weeds at the start of your season. 2-4 weeks before you wish to start your garden bed, till the weeds under.

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Companion Planting

What is companion planting? Did you know there are ways to increase your garden’s yield without the use of fertilizers or pesticides? While pesticides and fertilizers certainly have their place in the garden, they are not the only tools you can use to help get the most out of your garden. Companion planting, or intercropping as it is known in the scientific community, can be used to help keep your plants healthy and productive.

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We’ve been hard at work!

I have been using the winter to get ahead on making things and planning what to get started in the greenhouse. I am addicted to making these teeny embroideries. They are available in the shop as necklaces, but can be made into keychains or bookmarks if you want. They are so much fun to make! I also got my seeds for the upcoming planting season! I’m so excited to start my seeds and grow them up for sale.

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The greenhouse is nice and toasty now!

Well we finally got the sides up on the greenhouse! Now it’s nice and toasty in there, even with the severe winds we have today. I didn’t know we were going to get such as test so soon but it looks like the fasteners are doing their job! Also our dogs now refuse to leave the greenhouse but are also requesting somewhere squishy to lay. They are too spoiled. Up next I need to harvest the rest of my snow peas, green beans, onions, cilantro, and arugula.

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New Additions

We have been hard at work these last 3 weeks. We have been putting up the scaffolding for the green house, saving back seeds, harvesting the fall garden, and upgrading our machinery. I am now happy to offer long arm services, embroidery services, and custom art commissions. You can now find more information for these services under the Services tab. Some progress shots of the greenhouse. We hope to get the sides up soon.

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Expanding our Capabilities

This month we are building a greenhouse so we can start seedlings in the late winter/early spring. We started by building a form for the base and securing it to the ground with 5 foot sections of rebar. The base shouldn’t move anywhere! Next we laid down a geotextile fabric to keep weeds from growing up through the gravel base. After the gravel was delivered, we spread the gravel with the tractor and by hand as needed.

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Welcome

Welcome to Seeds and Scraps. We are a small homestead business in South West Ohio catering to sewing hobbyists and nature lovers. The business is owned by me, Caitlin Wilson. I’m a biologist who has an intense love for plants. I specifically want to establish a native plant nursery to introduce others to native plants they may not have met yet. There are so many benefits to planting native plants and I want to share this with you!

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