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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.

Check back soon for updates.

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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.
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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:

Original 12-pack kit $89.00 + s&h
6-pack kit $49.95 +s&h
Salad 3-pack kit $29.95 + s&h
Herb 3-pack kit $29.95 + s&h

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!

Enjoy these wintery December days,

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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!

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Hello Friends of Sydney’s Green Garden,

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!

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Hello Friends of Sydney’s Green Garden

Since we have colder temperatures and LOTS of snow, it’s a good time to sit by a warm fire, sip some hot apple cider and daydream about gardening.

Hopefully you got your mulch around your trees and shrubs before it snowed. If not, snow is a great insulator – before it melts.

Carrot greens make a tasty treat for pets such as guinea pigs, hamsters and gerbils. Place your carrot greens in a plastic bag and they’ll keep in the refrigerator for several weeks. Your pets will be happy!

Enjoy the snow and as many winter activities as you can.

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Hello Friends of Sydney’s Green Garden

Hopefully you spent time outdoors this past weekend soaking up the autumn sun and walking through fallen leaves. Speaking of leaves, rather than raking up your fallen leaves for disposal, use them in your garden! Fallen leaves make wonderful mulch. However, if you do mulch, keep it away from trees and shrubs until we’ve had a few hard frosts and the ground is starting to freeze – if you mulch too early, mice and other rodents make nice little homes in your mulching material – they will eat the bark from your trees and shrubs and potentially kill your beloved plants. Gather your leaves and pine needles and keep them handy until mid-November – by this time the ground should start to freeze.

Also, if you have not already done so, prepare your garden containers for winter storage. As long as your plants were disease and insect free this past growing season, you can save your soil for next year.

Enjoy a walk around your neighborhood to see how others use leaves and other plant materials they’ve salvaged from this past growing season. It’s always so much fun to see the creativity of others.

Have a great week, and Happy Halloween!!

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It’s been a plentiful container gardening season! Here at Sydney’s Green Garden we still have some carrots, kale, and Swiss chard growing in containers. We’re nearing the end of the growing season though, so if you have these plants growing you may want to harvest them soon. The same goes for your potatoes – soon the frost will freeze the soil, especially in containers.

Keep track of the seed varieties that grew healthy plants and produced a high yield of vegetables – this makes it easier to choose seed varieties next spring.

Now that most of your containers are resting for the winter, take time to enjoy what is left of your harvest and dream of next year’s container gardens.

Be sure to check back soon – we’ll post some favorite recipes.

Enjoy the next week – it’s supposed to be pleasant and warmish – a good time to work in your yard.

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Hello Sydney’s Green Garden Friends,

We’ve had another great container garden growing season here at SGG!

Harvest your early potatoes now – even though the skins are thin you can enjoy. The vines are probably dying back a bit, but you can leave them in the ground until mid-September.

Peas are finished, but beans are growing strong – be sure to pick when they’re pencil width in diameter.

Lettuces have all bolted but Swiss chard is growing strong and will last into fall a bit.

Sweet potatoes are looking great.

Pickling cucumbers are about finished – here at SGG over 100 jars of pickles were made. Fanfare and other slicing cucumbers are ready to pick now.

Who doesn’t love fresh basil? Pick the leaves and use fresh – or dehydrate them and store them for later enjoyment.

Enjoy the fruits of your container garden harvest!

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Hello Friends of Sydney’s Green Garden

It’s pickling time. Family and friends anticipate this time of year because we at SGG love to pickle cucumbers and peppers. Even the kids enjoy the pickles – well, maybe not the peppers so much.

You cannot believe the large quantities of produce the SGG container garden has yielded this summer. Beans, peas, lettuces, spinaches have given us great veggies. Our basil, dill, and cilantro have enjoyed a happy growing season as well. However, the squirrels are helping themselves to our potatoes – so, we better start digging soon!

Be sure to post your comments about SGG produce you’re growing – we’re always happy to hear what our customers have to say.

Check back next week – we’ll post new pictures and share more about the luscious veggies our SGG seeds are producing.

Until then, try to visit your garden often, sample your ripe veggies, and enjoy your day.

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Hello Friends of Sydney’s Green Garden

Cool weather crops are doing well this summer – hybrid lettuces (Parris Island) are still producing whereas Black-seeded Simpson bolted a few weeks ago. Spinaches are finished and a second crop will be planted the third week in August. Peas are in full swing and beans are coming soon. Carrots and squashes are coming along nicely. Potatoes should be ready for harvest mid-September.

Visit our photo gallery – we’ve posted pictures of some of our great vegetable plants.

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Hello Friends of Sydney’s Green Garden

Yes, the season is colder and wetter than we like for our gardens. Our container gardens are doing well despite these unfavorable conditions.

Please visit our photo gallery – we’ve posted pictures of some great vegetable plants.

Next week we’ll include photos of the container garden outside of Midi’s, here at Fitger’s – be sure to take a minute to look at the garden if you’re walking along Duluth’s Lakewalk.

Enjoy the week and weekend – try to get out into your garden soon.

Your Friends at Sydney’s Green Garden