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Patches of Green provides eco-friendly and socially conscious products and information for people, their gardens, homes, work places, children, recreation, travels, and more! Patches of Green supports products that:
- Are earth friendly and organic.
- Reduce the use of disposables such as plastic.
- Are easily recyclable or bio-degradable.
- Are made of recycled or natural materials.
- Assist in d
06/26/2019
Bolting: What, Why, and How to Prevent it What is bolting? Bolting describes an edible, frost-tolerant plant like lettuce, cilantro, or other greens quickly going to seed, before we would like. Signs that your plant might be bolting are when it gets taller than its maturity height and flower heads appear. In many cases, these changes make t...
04/12/2019
See Botanical Interests gift sets of seeds at Patches of Green @ Amazon.com. https://amzn.to/2P8G8tA
Bean: Sow and Grow Guide Much like homegrown tomatoes and many other vegetables, beans' flavor diminishes in storage, which is why fresh from the garden is notably more delicious than store-bought. General Information The most popular bean type in America, the snap bean or green bean, is eaten pod and all when the seeds are...
03/21/2019
Seed Starting Season is Upon Us!
It is that time of year, familiar and new garden-ready faces filtering through your store. Not everyone is a seed gardening expert (yet!) so we have sowing guides which help gardeners know when to sow, based on their last frost date, several seed-starting articles, and a seed starting PowerPoint presentation to help guide seed gardeners to success.
Using your average last frost these guides help gardeners create a sowing schedule.
http://bit.ly/biindooroutdoorsowingguide
10 Tips for Beginning Seed Gardeners
http://bit.ly/bi10tipsforbeginningseedgardeners
Seed Starting Indoors
http://bit.ly/biseedstartingindoors
Seed Starting Outdoors
http://bit.ly/biseedstartingoutdoors
Getting the Best Germination
http://bit.ly/bigettingbestgermination
04/05/2017
A good bucket list item....see as many of these trees as possible.
The 16 Most Beautiful Trees in the World I’m planting one of these in my garden!
03/26/2017
Dreaming and scheming this year's garden.
03/26/2017
02/18/2017
Hay Bale gardening: no weeds, no fertilizers and less watering!! What a simple but amazing concept!! - Horse and Man To me (who isn’t much of a gardener), I thought this was a very simple yet successful way to garden – even in our drought!
02/13/2017
Spring is coming. This is such a beautiful painting of colors.
California near Tehachapi State Park, 2005 photo award "God's Paint Spill" in the Temblor Mountain Range in California
Via - The Earth Site
02/12/2017
It can be done!
Meet The Family Growing 6,000 Pounds Of Food A Year In Their L.A. Backyard And you thought windowsill herb gardens were impressive.
01/09/2017
Here is a new Ladbrooke soil block maker, commercial grade Multi 35 stand up model. Three rounds fit a US standard 1020 growing tray.
12/08/2016
Patches of Green visits the Sociedad Argentina de Horticultura! This was very exciting having started following them on Facebook a few years ago, and part of the story of why we went to Argentina! They were quite surprised to see us on their doorstep! We took a Ladbrooke Mini 4 soil blocker with us (our version of the gnome).