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How to Start Plants Indoors

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Spring has sprung and that means gardening season is just around the corner. Gardening has quite a few benefits. To start with, you have a steady supply of fresh food all summer and a garden promotes healthy eating by having vegetables readily available. Vegetables make great additions to any meal or can be eaten plain for a yummy, healthy snack.  You also have more control over your food if you are growing it. You will know whether or not pesticides/herbicides have been used. Gardening can also save you quite a bit of money. For example: Tomatoes 1 LB at Store: $3.99/pound Plant (yields ~  20 pounds Tomatoes): ~$5 or $0.25/pound Seeds (Lots of plants that yield ~ 20-30 pounds Tomatoes): $3.95 for 125 seeds If you only grow 3 plants, that comes out to $0.07/pound and goes down with every plant grown. **This used a conservative number for costs and # of tomatoes. You may be able to get cheaper seeds and often times plants will ...