For many home growers, gardeners, and farmers, spring is a busy time in the gardening year. In the period running up to and immediately after the last frost date in your area, you might be sowing a ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

In this video, I give you my best five seed sowing and seedling growing tips in trays or containers for planting out into the ...

For new gardeners, the hardest part of gardening is getting seeds to germinate, and grow. Some varieties of seeds that require special treatment, such as chill periods and/or scarification, can be ...

There's one problem with the multisyllabic terms used in botany: They leave the impression that growing a plant from seed is akin to conducting a lab experiment. To take some of the mystique out of ...

November is an excellent time to plant tulip bulbs and bare-root roses, but don't forget to sow your spring flowers for ...

Sowing flowers in late winter is a fantastic way to get beautiful blooms come summer. It is an enjoyable and budget-friendly ...

Cheap and cheerful to grow from seed, biennials are perfect for organised gardeners who enjoy planning ahead. Unlike annual plants, which complete their life cycle in one year, biennials live for two ...

You may think that your garden is now closed until spring, but you can still be sowing seeds in January and February in preparation for a rich harvest later in the year. “These months offer an ...