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      Welcome to Garden Hobbies, a great place for you and your plants........

In Search of Seeds! Right now, it's "Prime Time" for finding seeds for your 2018 gardening season. We've got you covered, with over 500 varieties of top quality seeds at discount prices. It's an unbeatable combination!

• Browse our Seeds now
• Download Mail Order Seed Catalog
• Catalog via Email
• Seed Starting Supplies
• About Livingston Seed Company
• Garden Seeds - find seeds, learn about the different types.

Indoor Plant Starts - Starting seeds indoors to transplant later, is one of the early joys of gardening. Why let the garden stores have all the fun, when you can start your own seedlings!? It's time to review the basics of seed starting, and seedling care. As a rule of thumb, most indoor starts should be planted six to eight weeks before the last frost in your area.

• Review Indoor Seed Starting Basics
• About Damping Off Disease - the biggest threat to your young seedlings
• Seed Starting Essentials - the tray and tools you need
• Buy Seed Starting Supplies

Greenhouse Dreamin' Every gardener dreams of a greenhouse in their back yard. Winter months are the perfect time to dream those dreams. But, why settle with just dreaming? There's a greenhouse for just about every budget.

• Greenhouse Planning
• Explore the greenhouse market

.Ps We believe we have the lowest prices anywhere for greenhouses and raised garden beds. But, should we be wrong, please give us the chance to beat the lowest prices you find....thanks

Pest Control - Your flowers and veggies are up and growing. ......kewl! You are anxiously awaiting the harvest. So are the birds, deer, rabbits, and a vast army of other pests. Check out the Buffet Buster! It ends their snack time...period.

• About pest control
• About insect control
• Pest and insect control products

Have you ever taken a soil pH test in your houseplants? Why not? Each pot can result in wild swings on the pH scale. An off balance pH in your houseplant's soil, often is the answer for a sick plant.

• More on soil pH
• Buy an Electronic Soil Tester

Read the Good Book.... There's plenty of good books on gardening. Reading a book on gardening, or your favorite plant, is a great way to help the winter months go by quicker. There's always something new to learn when you dig into gardening related books. There's also plenty of tips and learnings in our growing list of "how to" pages. So, make sure to surf our site and stop back often.

• Good books on Gardening
• Our "How to" pages

Shrub Guard - Protect your bushes and shrubs from foraging deer and rabbits. Help to avoid ice and snow damage to Arborvitaes and other shrubs.

Homeowners love Arborvitae. Fast growing with little care, they are among the most popular of evergreens for both foundation plants and hedgerows. More on Arborvitaes.

April Garden Tips - from The Gardener's Network, where every day is a gardening day!

Celebrate your Garden Hobby

There are many holiday and special days for gardener to celebrate their hobby. Among the April holidays are:

• April is Lawn and Garden Month
• April 5th National Dandelion Day
• April 6th California Poppy Day
• April 7th - Caramel Popcorn Day This tasty, chewy treat is great.
• April 19 - National Garlic Day -  How's your breath!?
• April 22 - Earth Day - Not really a gardening day, but an earthly environment holiday that all gardeners appreciate and support.
• April 23 - National Zucchini Bread Day - they hold this at a time when you are not sick of all that zucchini.
•  April, Last Friday - Arbor Day - It's also called the "Tree Planter's" holiday.
• See our complete list of Special Days.

Major departments:

Canning Vegetables And Fruit Guide through the process of canning vegetables and fruit. Includes canning supplies to use.

Flower Gardening Help and advice for design, blending colors, and choosing plants for flower gardening.

Functional Garden Decor See some creative ideas for making your garden decor functional.

Garden Tools These essential garden tools will make gardening tasks much easier.

Herb Gardening The many different uses for herb gardening including companion planting.

Hydroponics Gardening Produces Crops All Year. Have a garden all year round with hydroponics gardening. Produces crops faster and with higher yields than vegetables sown outdoors in soil.

Indoor Gardening With Houseplants Discover the benefits of indoor gardening and learn how to keep indoor plants healthy.

Landscaping On A Budget Easy landscaping ideas and a landscape plan will help to save you money.

Organic Gardening Help prevent illness and disease and protect your environment by organic gardening.

Rose Gardening Growing roses is possible even in cold climates. See the different types and learn about rose gardening.

Shade Gardening Choosing shade plants and other shade gardening ideas.

Starting Seed Describes the benefits of starting seed indoors. Explains how to using a seed starter kit.

Young Trees And Shrubs. What you should know about choosing, planting, and pruning young trees and shrubs.

Vegetable Gardening Grow better crops using these tips and advice for vegetable gardening.

Water Gardening Help and advice for water gardening. Choosing plants, fish and accessories. How to build a pond.

Wildflower Gardening A natural and care-free way to enhance the look of your landscape is with wildflower gardening.

Big Pumpkins, Small Pumpkins  We bet you love all pumpkins! So,let's grow some.

Tomato Mania Gardeners are just crazy about tomatoes. Most gardens have a couple or even dozens.

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