{"id":62,"date":"2019-09-14T18:33:32","date_gmt":"2019-09-14T18:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecannycouple.com\/?p=62"},"modified":"2019-09-14T20:22:14","modified_gmt":"2019-09-14T20:22:14","slug":"62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecannycouple.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/14\/62\/","title":{"rendered":"How we planted Tomatoes from seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Home grown tomatoes, in my experience, are one of the finickiest plants to grow.\u00a0\u00a0 When Aaron and I started planning out our garden, we decided not to plant any tomato plants.\u00a0 When our seeds came in, one of the company\u2019s sent us a free pack of tomato seeds.\u00a0 For a lark, Aaron decided to plant them in the new raised bed he built.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t believe the results.\u00a0 The tomatoes did the best of anything else we planted.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:200}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To have the results seen in the pictures above, all we did was plant the seeds in potting soil in late April or the first of May.\u00a0 I have never seen such a successful growth when the growers put absolutely no effort in growing them.\u00a0 It survived the cat laying in the box and moving the seeds around.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:200}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Our approach to gardening is a bit different, but isn\u2019t completely unsuccessful.\u00a0 There is something to say about the hands off approach especially if using raised beds.\u00a0 The weeding in almost nonexistent.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:200}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home grown tomatoes, in my experience, are one of the finickiest plants to grow.\u00a0\u00a0 When Aaron and I started planning out our garden, we decided not to plant any 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