My SGG workshop this Wednesday at Whole Foods Coop is full – too bad they only have room for 20 attendees. Watch for upcoming SGG workshops at local gardening club meetings and sign up early so you’re sure to get a seat! If your school is interested, I also give workshops to school children in local schools. It’s so much fun to see the excitement on the kid’s faces as they plant their seeds – they love growing their very own vegetable plants.
SGG kits and seeds will be set up at Mount Royal Foods and Engwalls in Duluth this week – I’ll give an update when they’re actually onsite. Check out www.sydneysgreengarden.com to see our new seed line up and to order online. The Bookstore at Fitger’s has our full line up of SGG seeds and container gardening kits available, too. Be sure to buy your favorite seeds early as we do have a limited quantity of some varieties.
Scott’s Earth Day workshop is fast approaching – Wednesday, April 22 at Whole Foods Coop, 6-7 pm. Join him to learn more about sustainable gardening, and the Sydney’s Green Garden container gardening system. You’ll be able to order container gardening kits and seed packets. Join Scott for a fun and informative hour. If your business or organization is interested in Scott’s SGG workshop, you can email Scott at: grow@sydneysgreengarden.com
Container gardening kits and seeds packets are available online and at The Bookstore at Fitger’s now. For your convenience, you can get your kits and seeds at Mount Royal Fine Foods starting next week. We’ll keep you posted as SGG products are available elsewhere.
Enjoy these beautiful April days – and – hope to see you at the workshop on the 22nd.
Haylee is busy packaging seeds and container gardening kits, so we are open for business!
Sydney’s Green Garden container gardening kits and seeds are available in Duluth at The Bookstore at Fitger’s. For convenience, place your orders on this website and we’ll mail your purchases to you.
Here’s a list of SGG seeds for 2015:
BEANS
Blue Lake Beans FM 1K ** NEW
Dragon Tongue ** NEW
Eureka Yellow Wax Bean ** NEW
Jade OG Beans ** NEW
Kentucky Blue Beans
Kentucky Wonder, Bush Beans
Purple Queen Bush Beans
BEETS
Cylindra Long Red Beets
CARROTS
Bolero Carrot
Mokum Carrot
Nelson Carrot
Purple Haze Carrot
SWISS CHARD
Sydney’s Swiss Chard Blend
CUCUMBER
Fanfare Cucumber
Tasty Green Cucumber, Hyb.-Slicing ** NEW
HERBS
Sweet Basil
Cilantro / Coriander
Bouquet Dill
LETTUCE
Black-seeded Simpson Lettuce
Oak Leaf Loose Leaf Lettuce
Parris Island Romaine Lettuce
Super Red Romaine Lettuce
Sydney’s Loose Leaf Gourmet Salad Blend
PEAS
Mammoth Melting Snow Pea
Oregon Giant Snow Pea
Sugar Ann Pea
Sugar Snap Pea
Sugar Sprint Pea
PUMPKIN
Baby Pam Pumpkin
Big Max ** NEW
Casper Pumpkin
SPINACH
Bolero Spinach ** NEW
Menorca Spinach
Tyee Spinach
Unipack 151 Spinach
SQUASH
Sebring Yellow Squash
Spineless Beauty Summer Squash
SGG 12-Pack Container Gardening Kits have Sugar Sprint Peas, Sugar Snap Peas, Kentucky Blue Pole Beans, Kentucky Wonder Pole Beans, Mokum Carrots, Sydney’s Swiss Chard Blend, Nelson Carrots, Fanfare Cucumbers, Sweet Basil, Sydney’s Gourmet Salad Blend, Tyee Spinach, Black-Seeded Simpson Lettuce, Parris Island Romaine Lettuce, Super Red Romaine lettuce, and Oak Leaf Lettuce seeds.
Our 6-Pack Container Gardening Kits have Sydney’s Swiss Chard Blend, Bolero Carrots, Fanfare Cucumbers, Tyee Spinach, Sydney’s Gourmet Salad Blend, Parris Island Romaine and Super Red Romaine Lettuce seeds.
SGG 3-Pack Herb Kit contains Sweet Basil, Bouquet Dill, and Cilantro seeds; the 3-Pack Salad Kit contains Tyee Spinach, Sydney’s Gourmet Salad Blend, Parris Island Romaine and Super Red Romaine Lettuce seeds.
It is Easter-time and the spirit of spring renewal is upon us as we get ready for the upcoming growing season. We at Sydney’s Green Garden love getting seed packets and container gardening kits ready for the planting season. As you read in the last post, we have a few new seed varieties we are excited to offer; in fact, seed packets and container gardening kits will be available mid-month.
Once again Sydney’s Green Garden will offer seed packets and container gardening kits for sale in The Bookstore at Fitger’s and Mount Royal Fine Foods in Duluth. You can buy SGG seeds and container gardening kits online, as well. We will keep you posted as new retail locations are available, so check back often.
Scott will hold a SGG workshop at Whole Foods Coop on Earth Day, April 22. We will keep you posted on upcoming Sydney’s Green Garden workshops and events.
Seed packaging is underway. We are excited to offer these new seeds in 2015:
Big Max Pumpkin – Big Max is a huge round pumpkin with pink/orange fruit. Can grow 75 to over 100 pounds and reach six feet in diameter. (120 days)
Blue Lake Beans – Pods grow 6-7 inches long. The white beans are tasty cooked while fresh, or dried in soups or stews. (58 days)
Bolero Spinach – The leaves on this hybrid are smooth and dark. This spinach features vigorous, high yield growth in cool seasons. (45 days)
Dragon’s Tongue Wax Bean – Cream color snap bean with purple strips grows 6 to 6-1/2 inches. Beans are tasty raw in salads; turns green when cooked. (60 days)
Eureka Yellow Wax Bean – High yielding, round, 6-inch pods with pale green tips. (56 days)
Jade Beans, organic – Big upright plants produce slender 6-7 inch dark green pods; tolerates heat and cold. (53 days)
Tasty Green Slicing Cucumbers, Hybrid, burpless – At 12” long x 1.5” around, this is an easy to grow crisp and tasty burpless cucumber. (60 days)
Sydney’s Green Garden container gardening kits will be available in early April. Once again, they will be available at The Bookstore at Fitger’s and at other retail locations in Duluth. We will post the other locations in the next couple weeks, so check back soon.
Enjoy these warmer days – spring is surely close at hand.
Will March arrive mild and hospitable? Hope so! Even if it does though, we still eagerly await those even warmer spring temperatures that entice us to work and play outdoors readying for our container gardening projects.
A while ago we mentioned SGG will hold container gardening workshops in the Duluth area. Scott will once again offer a container gardening workshop at Whole Foods Co-op – join him on Earth Day (April 22). Sign up early as seating is limited. You can order SGG container garden kits, seeds, and rain gauges that night.
Seeds are arriving steadily here at SGG and packaging operations will begin in March. Once again we have a nice variety of carrots, beans, peas, beets, spinach, lettuces, squashes, cucumbers, pumpkin, and our favorite herbs basil, dill, and cilantro to offer.
Enjoy this last week in February and be sure to check back soon for SGG seed and container gardening kit updates.
PS – don’t forget to mark your calendar for April 22 at Whole Foods Co-op
Hello Friends of Sydney’s Green Garden and Fellow Gardening Friends
We are once again enjoying a cool down after sampling milder winter weather for a couple weeks. Many of you were probably dreaming of working your soils on a warm spring day before reality set back in. The good news is we are on the downward hill heading toward spring-slowly-we are obviously having a bit more winter to endure.
This is always an exciting time here at SGG – seeds are ordered and should arrive over the next few weeks. Shortly after the seeds arrive we begin packaging operations.
This year should be a promising growing year with many of the standby bean, pea, beet, cucumber, squash, herb, and carrot varieties you’ve grown to trust from Sydney’s Green Garden seeds. Sydney’s Gourmet Salad Blend, Mokum, Bolero, Nelson, and Purple Haze carrots are just a few seeds SGG will once again offer to customers.
Our website updates will show Sydney’s Green Garden seed lineup for 2015, as well as any changes to our container gardening kits – check back often.
Why are Sydney’s Green Garden container gardening kits and seed products so popular?
Because, we at Sydney’s Green Garden continually strive to select the best seeds that grow well in containers, as well as in our Northland climate. Rest assured we want your container gardens to grow healthy produce that is tasty and as free from chemicals as possible.
As new seed catalogs arrive almost daily, we research to find multiple varieties of a given vegetable. If one variety is more susceptible to fluctuating temperatures, or is prone to fungal disease due to cold, rainy conditions, perhaps another variety will withstand and thrive. If a variety doesn’t thrive in a growing season, new varieties are considered.
Each new growing season ushers in new research and testing at Sydney’s Green Garden. Varieties with prolific growth and great taste are offered in the current growing season, while varieties with poor or mediocre growing performance are discontinued.
Are you ready to have an abundant and tasty growing season? Buy Sydney’s Green Garden container gardening kits and seed packets – kits and seed packets to be available in early April.
Hello Friends of Sydney’s Green Garden
Happy New Gardening Year – in a few months, anyway.
As the bitter cold winds of January envelope us, we at Sydney’s Green Garden are poring over seed choices for 2015. It looks to be a promising growing season, especially for container gardeners.
Be sure to check out Scott’s 2015 Sydney’s Green Garden container gardening presentations starting on Thursday, March 26, from 6-7 PM at Whole Foods Co-op in Duluth. Sign up early as seating is limited and fills up quickly.
Hope to see you at the March 26 workshop. If not, check back regularly for another opportunity to attend a Sydney’s Green Garden workshop. Also be sure to check back for exciting updates on our quest for the best seeds for 2015.
Enjoy these early January days as the days are a little longer and the sun reminds us of the coming warmer weather and the planting season it ushers in.
From Your Friends at Sydney’s Green Garden
We often don’t want to think of gardening in December, especially when everything is snow-covered. Those blustery winds and frigid wind chill factors make us want to rush back indoors – our only thought is of getting warm again!
As you’re drinking hot cocoa and warming up, go online to sydneysgreengarden.com and check out our container garden kits. They’re affordable and make great Christmas gifts:
A Sydney’s Green Garden container gardening kit is sure to make someone on your holiday shopping list happy – and you’re happy to have great choices and one-stop shopping. To ensure your gift is received by Christmas, order today!
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our friends at Sydney’s Green Garden!
We trust you’ll stay warm and have quality time with family and friends as you (hopefully) enjoy some of your root vegetables during your Thanksgiving feast. Your tasty Sydney’s Green Garden vegetables will be sure to make it a special time people will remember for years to come!
These cold wintery days are a great time to make homemade soup with some of your Sydney’s Green Garden vegetables. Throw some squash, potatoes, onion, sweet potato, and carrots into a pot of broth. Add some celery and garlic along with your favorite herbs and seasonings – add cream or plain yogurt to make your soup creamy and delicious – serve with warm bread – your house will smell fabulous and you will have a great warm meal!
Soon we at Sydney’s Green Garden will peruse seed catalogs looking for the best quality seeds to offer in Spring 2015 – we’re excited to see what’s new and prolific in the gardening arena. Keep checking back – we’ll keep you updated!
