Blog posts
March 31, 2025
Roasted Pumpkin and Farro Salad
A Roasted Pumpkin and Farro Salad with Bleu Cheese and Maple Vinaigrette🎃
Make your own Vinaigrette with Chef Jef's guide to the basics!
Mastering a basic vinaigrette recipe is super easy and a great and economical way to add flavor to salads as well as lots of other dishes and also a great...
Making perfect peas please! Chef Jef's favorite tips for preparing garden peas
Harvesting peas yet? Check out our quick Summer salad recipe and tips for freezing your peas without letting them get mushy!
Nine Edible Flowers to Try Growing in Your Backyard Garden
There is something so fancy and so fun about eating flowers! Like intricate cake icing or ice cream sprinkles, we all get a rush of delight when we discover that...
Divine Dahlias: How to Grow These Garden Divas, From Seeds to Winter Storage
These gorgeous blooms are so pretty and profuse that they have earned an unfair reputation as high-maintenance and hard-to-grow. Nothing could be further from the truth! Whether you grow them...
What Kind of Composter Are You?
Composting can take your backyard garden to the next level, turning organic waste material into a rich and renewable soil amendment—for free! There are as many types of composting as...
Gardening Without Breaking the Bank
Bursting with backyard garden ideas but need to stay on a budget? We hear you! With so many great gardening tools and accessories out there, it can be easy to forget that...
Pinetree Garden Seeds Quick Guide to Growing Lettuce
Red leaf, radicchio, romaine, and more. With such an abundance of delicious and nutritious lettuce varieties available, it can be challenging to choose just one to grow in your garden. The good...
The Ultimate Gardening Guide: Basic Gardening Tips for Beginners from Pinetree Garden Seeds Customers
We asked the thousands of home gardeners in our Facebook group what they wish they had known before they dug into a lifetime of gardening. The result? A bumper crop...