Organic Growing Guides

Grow the Organic Garden of Your Dreams!

From planning, planting and harvesting to cooking & food preservation, we've got you covered with resources to help you plan the organic garden of your dreams! 

Especially popular guides include our Planting Calendar, Seed Planting Dates, Seed Planting Guide, and Starting Seeds Indoors.

In addition, you can find specific growing instructions for each seed in the "Growing" tab for each seed variety.

Garden Planning

Timing Is Everything

Free download of our seed planting calendar

Nature and Nurture Planting Calendar for Northern Growing Zones 4 through 6

Plan your garden with our planting calendar!

** If you're in Zone 7 or warmer, simply add 2 weeks (for each zone) onto both ends of the growing season. (For example, in zones 5-6, Basil planting dates "Start Seeds Indoors" is 4/15-6/30 -- in zone 7 Basil seeds can be started indoors both 2 weeks earlier and 2 weeks later which is 4/1-7/14)

Organic Seed Starting Guides

Seed Starting 101

Everything You Need to Know

Organic Growing Tips

Garden Solutions

Edibles for Shade, Growing in Containers & Small Spaces and More!

Organic Growing Guides

From Beans to Watermelon, we've got you covered!

Kitchen Resources

Heirloom Seed Saving & Seed Storage

Seed Selecting

We'll help you pick the best seeds for you!

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