Learn how to start seedlings using a peat pot in this free gardening video clip. more »

Ask any garden enthusiast and they will tell you that peat pots are perfect for starting seed for your garden. The seed starts can be vegetables or flowers but plants like to begin their life cycle in a pot of their own. Read on to learn how to use peat pots. more »

Do you love gardening and can't wait for spring? Get a headstart on your garden and start your plants indoors in these inexpensive, biodegradeable peat pots. You'll be recycling at the same time! more »

Peat pots are formed from organic materials such as wood fiber and sphagnum peat. They are great to use as seed starting pots because once the seedlings are ready the entire pot can be planted into the ground with minimal shock to the plant. Eventually, the peat pot disintegrates into the soil. You don't have to worry about plastic pots building up after starting your garden. Here's how to start your vegetable garden in peat pots. more »

Peat pots are an environmentally-friendly alternative to plastic planting pots. The pots are made from compressed peat moss that are shaped to form a planting pot. When they are planted, peat pots supply the soil with some extra organic material to provide nutrients as well as to give the soil better drainage. Both of these functions are helpful to new plants, and the pots aren't added to landfill waste. more »

Nursery grown seedlings ready to plant in the garden can be purchased in flats of six or more plants, disposable plastic pots or peat pots. Although plastic pots can be reused and are convenient for those who may want to use them the next season to start their own seeds, peat pots offer advantages too. Peat pots made from natural products that won't harm the environment and seedlings can be planted pot and all directly into your soil. This improves the texture of the soil, eliminates stress to newly transplanted seedlings and requires minimal cleanup after planting. more »

Many gardeners like to start seeds in seed trays, especially if the soil outside is still too cold for direct planting. The trouble with using just trays is that young plants can be traumatized when their patch of planting soil is removed from the trays and placed in the soil outside. Peat pots remove that risk of trauma; you can simply plant the entire pot into the outside soil, because the pots themselves will dissolve shortly after they are planted. more »

Summer squash is one of the easiest and most productive vegetables you can grow, and does well in most climates and soils. Squash can be planted any time after the danger of frost has passed, but you can start your seedlings in peat pots indoors two to three weeks before you plant them outside. more »

These adorable little Easter baskets would look perfect on the Easter dinner table, or you can fill them with toiletries and place them in your bathroom. You can fill them with candies for a mini Easter morning treat, too. more »