Monthly Gardening Tips On Free Gardening Calendars

New and Updated For 2009!

Each free gardening calendar comes with two to three pages of gardening tips and "to dos" that are appropriate for that time of year .

Tips include what to plan, plant, prune, maintain, plus weed and pest control and fun projects.

Print out as many as you want!

Simply go to:
Monthly Gardening Tips and To Do Lists

For more Gardening Tips and Gardening Advice visit our main gardening website at Weekend Gardener Monthly Web Magazine - www.weekendgardener.net

Have great week and Happy Holidays!

Free Christmas Desktop Wallpaper

It's Christmas For Your Computer!

To keep everyone inspired this holiday season, we have devleoped free Christmas desktop wallpaper for your computer!

They work great for both PC or Mac, and in addition to Christmas, there are all different holiday plants, flowers, and berries. So liven up your computer desktop during the holiday season!

To the right you can see just 3 examples, but to see all wallpapers go to:

Free Christmas Desktop Wallpaper

For more Gardening Tips and Gardening Advice visit our main gardening website at Weekend Gardener Monthly Web Magazine - www.weekendgardener.net

Have great week and Happy Holidays!

How Many Seeds Per Ounce or Gram

Many seed packets and mail order catalogs list how many seeds you are buying by the ounce or by the gram, but they don't tell you how many actual seeds you are getting.

The conversions below should help clear this up so you can better estimate how much seed you'll need to buy.

Vegetable Seeds Per Ounce
(28 grams = 1 ounce)

Beets:    1,600
Broccoli:    9,000
Brussels Sprouts:    9,000
Cabbage:    9,000
Carrots:    23,000
Corn:    120-180
Cucumbers:    1,100
Eggplant:    6,500
Lettuce:    25,000
Onions:    8,500
Peas:    90-175
Peppers:    4,500
Pumpkins:    100-300
Radishes:    2,500
Snap Beans:    100-125
Spinach:    2,800
Squash:    120-400
Tomaotes:    11,500

Flower Seeds Per Ounce
(28 grams = 1 ounce)

Blanket Flower:    15,000
Calendula:    3,500
Candytuft:    9,500
Coneflower:    40,000
Cornflower:    6,000
Cosmos:    4,000 - 5,000
Larkspur:    8,000
Marigold:    9,000
Morning glory:    800
Nasturtium:    175
Poppy:    260,000
Stock:    18,500
Strawflower:    45,000
Sunflower:    500-700
Zinnia:    2,500 - 4,000

For more Gardening Tips and Gardening Advice visit our main gardening website at Weekend Gardener Monthly Web Magazine - www.weekendgardener.net

Have good week!