Edible Gardening
Aimée Damman
How to Plant a Tomato

Tomato season is upon us and, after deciding which tomatoes you’d like to grow, they need to be planted! For this project, we chose a Brandywine heirloom tomato to plant into a container, but the same steps work for planting tomatoes in the ground in a garden bed.

How to Plant a Tomato
Edible Gardening
Aimée Damman
How to Protect Your Tomatoes (and Other ...

It’s April and tomatoes are here! We know you’re ready to get them planted since it’s sunny (wait… now it’s cold and raining…. wait! It’s sunny again! Wait…) ;) but your tomato plants won’t grow into incredibly prolific tomato producers if you don’t protect them until the night temperatures remain consistently above 50 degrees. Most of us at Swansons swear by protection tools so we can plant our warm-season vegetables earlier and encourage larger, stronger plants and better harvests. Here’s what we use and how to use them.

How to Protect Your Tomatoes (and Other Warm-Season Veggies)
Edible Gardening
Aimée Damman
The Best Tomatoes to Grow in the PNW

For many of us, the choice of which tomatoes to grow can be daunting. We've boiled down the tomato decision process into a few helpful questions and our suggestions: a secret (tomato) sauce, if you will, of how to make the right choice for your individual tomato needs. At the end of this post are a handy infographic and a link to our tomato variety list.

The Best Tomatoes to Grow in the PNW
Indoor Plants, Container Gardening
Aimée Damman
How to Repot a Plant

In this post, I’m repotting a very rootbound Marble Queen Pothos plant. I’ll walk you through all the steps for a successful repotting. These steps are essentially the same for all types of indoor and outdoor plants, so you can take these tips and use them for any potted plant.

How to Repot a Plant
Edible Gardening
Aimée Damman
Starting a Vegetable Garden

No matter whether this is your first-ever vegetable garden or just the first time planting this year, if you take a little time to prepare before you plant, everything will go more smoothly and you’ll be more successful. Here are a few simple things to consider when starting a vegetable garden this spring.

Starting a Vegetable Garden

Supporting Our Community

Thank You to Our Generous Community!

Thank You to Our Generous Community!

Your amazing generosity during our Giving Campaign made it possible to donate $20,000 to Ballard Food Bank! This donation will help provide fresh fruits and vegetables to families in need in our community. Learn all about the campaign.

Doodle, Chairman Meow, and the Seattle Humane MaxMobile!

Doodle, Chairman Meow, and the Seattle Humane MaxMobile!

As you may have noticed, Swansons is enthusiastically pet-friendly. We so enjoy meeting the dogs, cats, and even birds that visit us regularly. Since many of us are animal lovers, we are always looking for ways to contribute to an animal-friendly community, whether it’s keeping treats at our customer service desk, posting photos of furry visitors on our Facebook page or donating the proceeds from our reindeer buttons to Seattle Humane each holiday season. This year, I was able to visit the Seattle Humane headquarters and learn more about what they do. It’s an amazing facility and everyone I met was incredibly dedicated to the animals at the shelter.

Green Plate Special: Inspiring Youth Through Urban Gardening

Green Plate Special: Inspiring Youth Through Urban Gardening

This year, our annual Fall Festival is raising money for the local nonprofit, Green Plate Special, and we’re so excited to tell you all about the meaningful work they do to help low-income youth experience food in new ways through gardening, cooking, and eating together.

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A Visit to Fishtail Cottage

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A Visit to Fishtail Cottage

One of the perks of working at Swansons is being able to visit PNW gardens. While the majority of gardens we visit are public, it’s always a treat to visit personal gardens and explore what local gardeners are doing in their private spaces. Nestled in an ordinary block north of Seattle, there is a floriferous wonderland called Fishtail Cottage. Complete with a white picket fence, romantic cottage garden flowers, and a bevy of animal greeters, you might feel like you have wandered out of the suburbs and into a modern fairy tale land.

 
 

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