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Get started on your vegetable garden with local garden enthusiast Vanessa Van Alstine. Learn how to start vegetable, herb, and flower seeds indoors now to get a jump on Minnesota’s short growing season. We’ll cover selecting supplies and soil mixes for seed starting, choosing crops and varieties, conditions for plant growth (light, water, heat), timing for different plants, caring for seedlings, and hardening plants off before transplanting outdoors. Containers, soil, seeds, labels, and instructions are provided for you to start a variety of seeds to raise at home.