{"id":2978,"date":"2012-04-09T06:49:08","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T06:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/?p=2978"},"modified":"2012-04-09T06:49:08","modified_gmt":"2012-04-09T06:49:08","slug":"an-introduction-to-the-early-spring-gardening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/an-introduction-to-the-early-spring-gardening\/","title":{"rendered":"An Introduction To The Early Spring Gardening"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love this time of year because I get to plan and get ready for spring. Everyone loves spring. It gives us a sense of a new beginning. Early spring is a cold and wet month. This is the perfect time to start working on indoor garden tasks. Outside at this time of year is a good time to do your pruning, weeding and getting the garden beds ready for the growing season. For people who also want to know something about Lower Hutt flowers<\/a>, the supplies of Bark<\/a> or Auckland landscape supplies<\/a>, you can turn to a gardener for advice.<\/p>\n

It’s time to think about what you are going to be growing this year. I tend to get a little bit excited during this time because I imagine the beautiful and bountiful green lush garden that I am going to be able to harvest. I love to make all my food from scratch, and what better way to do that then to grow your own ingredients. I picture a full bed of basil and fresh rosemary, lush bushes of tomatoes for making pizza, salad and spaghetti sauce. I also grow extra to share with friends, family and neighbors, and also catnip for the cats.<\/p>\n

I have not the patients to wait for the weather outside to reach optimal temperatures before I plant. I always get a jump on the season by starting my little seedlings indoors. Propagating from seed is not as hard as some might think. You simply need to find a technique that works for you. It simply takes a little time along with some tender loving care. To start your seeds, soak them for several hours before you plant them. This will give you an added advantage.<\/p>\n

If you have seeds that you have been holding onto for a long time and are not sure if they are still capable of sprouting, you can use the pre-sprout method. This is done by folding a thick paper towel in half and getting it moist. You can do this by using a clean spray bottle. Space your seeds out and place the moist paper towel inside of a zip lock baggie. About the time I think they should be sprouting (according to the directions on the seed package) I take a peak each day until I see life. If they sprout, I then take each sprout out carefully and transplant them either in a pot or outside in the garden, depending on the current climate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I love this time of year because I get to plan and get ready for spring. Everyone loves spring. It gives us a sense of a new beginning. Early spring is a cold and wet month. This is the perfect time to start working on indoor garden tasks. Outside at this time of year is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[29,1558],"class_list":["post-2978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-container-gardening-ideas","tag-gardening","tag-spring-gardening"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2978"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2979,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2978\/revisions\/2979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/containergardeningexpert.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}