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[...] It took Marc and me over two years to design, develop and launch My Garden Post. We missed our early spring 2013 launch goal but orders began to roll in by the middle of May [...]

[...] Early in the development stages of My Garden Post a business friend asked me, “What’s the purpose of your new product?” He went [...]

[...] I have to remind myself occasionally that the core purpose of this blog is to help My Garden Post gardeners get the highest yield possible with the least amount of work and the most enjoyment. [...]

[...] you’ll want to grow is a personal decision and I’ll touch on that as well. A My Garden Post vertical gardening system allows you to grow more herbs in less space (only 4 sf) with more [...]

[...] I need more discipline to keep my schedule. Lesson #2: It only takes 2 or 3 My Garden Post small planters to grow all the salad greens my wife and I can eat. I started several nice varieties of [...]

[...] that I’d like to share with you. I always plant leaf lettuce in one or two of the small planters (10”, which offers plenty of room). It’s a good choice for several reasons, It& [...]

[...] be looking at plants than soil. I often grow a variety of different peppers in the three small planters on My Garden Post. Even in the small planter there is plenty of room as I’ve illustrated in [...]

[...] and aggressively. It’s best to give your mint a planter of its own. One of the three small planters on My Garden Post will do fine Rosemary Choose an upright variety that remains compact Thyme [...]

[...] we seed directly into the planter or will we buy starter plants and transplant them to the MGP planters? I’ve received some recent pictures from my blog contributors in Arizona, Florida and [...]

[...] of gourmet lettuce greens from seed in late March. When it came time to transplant them to MGP planters, I had more than I needed, so I decided to dedicate one My Garden Post solely to lettuce [...]

[...] would think it a waste to see one or two tomato plants alone in one of the large (14”) MGP planters. His advice always comes to mind when I transplant tomatoes into our planters. I never miss [...]

[...] -leaf lettuce and mixes of mesclun in seed packs. They can be seeded directly into the MGP planters or started inside in March. It’s hard to go wrong with these “gourmet” blends. They make [...]

[...] Post are most often difficult to find. After the one-time investment for grow lights, heat mats, flats and trays is paid for, it costs you far less to grow your own than to buy [...]

[...] meeting day. For gardeners, we know it as the beginning of the year’s gardening season. Heat mats are plugged in, germinating trays are filled and seeds are sown with the goal of having [...]

[...] – 70 degrees. The easiest way to accomplish this is to use heat mats. They are readily available at most garden centers and home centers. Keep them plugged in 24 [...]

[...] 50s is ok, for that is much like what they would experience growing outside. Water The My Garden Post planters come with plugs for the drain holes. This allows you to water your herbs without risk of [...]

[...] .  Note the 3rd column is suggesting that you seed these crops directly into the My Garden Post planters. For best germination, set the planters on heat mats as you would the germinating trays. [...]

[...] seeds. You can continue with this method until it’s time to transplant into the My Garden Post planters. This technique works perfectly when fertilizing your seedlings. I like using a mister to [...]