Key Points Don’t start heat-loving seeds like tomatoes and beans too early or they’ll struggle before transplanting ...

Over the next few weeks, gardeners everywhere will take on the challenge of starting their own seeds. Whether it’s sowing seeds of your favorite heirloom tomato variety, planting herb seeds, or ...

Here’s how to start vegetables and flowers from seeds. Seed starting also allows you to get a jump on the season. By starting plants early indoors, you’ll have larger seedlings to transplant when ...

You can always spot a gardener’s garage, because an entire section is dedicated to used cell packs, plastic nursery pots and stacks of old greenhouse trays that we’re saving in case we need them for ...

Many gardeners regard starting seeds indoors as the beginning of their gardening season. While sowing time for some early seeds has passed, March is typically a busy time for planting a large number ...

This winter reminds me of the winter of 1991. There was almost no rain all winter. But then, on the vernal equinox, the skies opened and it rained for days. By the rain-year’s end, we had received ...

Transform milk jugs, soda bottles and other items into mini-grow chambers to start some of your favorite and hard to find ...

You know my rule: You are not a real gardener unless you start and grow at least one plant from seed for your yard. Another of my rules also comes into play now: Until April 1, you really don’t have ...

There is something rather wonderful about sowing flower seeds in January. When the days are still short and crisp, there is nothing I love more than finding time to cocoon myself in the workshop with ...