While most gardeners start seeds in spring, winter sowing can allow you to plant vegetable, herb, and flower seeds a whole lot earlier. Not only does winter sowing extend the growing season and ...

Knowing how to germinate seeds efficiently and quickly is an essential skill for all gardeners to master. Starting plants from seed opens up a world of growing possibilities and allows for a head ...

Mira M. of Sebastopol asks: What does “planting in hills” mean? I overheard a few people talking about doing this when planting his or her vegetable seeds and I didn’t get a chance to ask them what ...

Different cover crop application methods and timing of those applications were evaluated at Ivy Tech in Lafayette, IN. Cover crop treatments are highlighted from right to left which corresponds to ...

Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) are a culinary staple, and for good reason. A tomato offers nearly 20% of your daily vitamin C allotment, as well as potassium and antioxidants like beta carotene.

If you've never practiced winter sowing, you're in for a fun and unique experience that ignores some of the rules you've learned about seed starting. For example, seed packet instructions on when to ...

An overarching goal for planting cover crops is to produce as much biomass as possible during the growing window. Higher levels of cover crop biomass will reduce soil erosion, inhibit weed growth, and ...

Have you ever pulled a store-bought bag of lettuce from the fridge only to find it wilted and long past its prime? Haven’t we all! It’s wasteful and expensive and I decided something needed to change.