Live greener more easily with these resources such as seed and book recommendations, magazine articles and more.
Seeds and Helpful Books
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The Seed Library offers a handful of plants that can be sown in the winter. Find them here in our catalog: vervain hoary, sweet Joe Pye weed, blazing star and wingstem.
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Learn more about microgreens in Microgreens: A Guide to Growing Nutrient-Packed Greens by Eric Franks.
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The Seed Library also has many varieties of tomato seeds. Find them HERE. Start your tomato plants indoors and get them going in a container. After the last danger of frost, plant them outdoors in full sun.
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Explore books about container gardening in this booklist.
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More Resources
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Search “microgreens” in eLibrary to find a slew of resources, including “Mini and Mighty: A Microgreen Flavor Guide” and “How to Grow Microgreens at Home,” both from The Billings Gazette newspaper, April 2021. The former includes information and a chart about microgreens that can be downloaded as an image file. Find eLibrary HERE and log in with your last name and TCCL card to explore these resources.
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Search “container gardening” in the Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center to find…
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multiple issues of Prairie Garden (Issue 80 includes specific articles on container gardening).
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an issue of the Complete Guide to Growing Your Own Fruits & Berries: A Complete Step-by-Step Guide which includes articles like “Basic Gardening Tools,” “Cultivation and Planting” and more.
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an issue of the Complete Guide to Growing Vegetables, Flowers & Herbs from Containers: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply which includes articles such as “Why Garden in Containers?” “Growing Vegetables in Containers,” “Choosing and Preparing Containers for Growing,” “What Should I Grow?” and more.
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Visit THIS webpage to find the Hobbies & Crafts Reference Center, then log in with your last name and TCCL card number to start browsing.
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