Starting seeds indoors before spring gives you a head start on the growing season and increases your chances of a healthy, ...

Stop worrying about frost! This comprehensive guide breaks down the timing, materials, and techniques for successfully ...

Starting your own plants from seeds can save a lot of money and give you way more choice than you’ll find at plant-buying time... even in the biggest garden centers. When you start your own seeds ...

The pandemic-fueled home gardening craze will continue in 2021. With tight budgets and an uncertain food supply, many of you rushed to till new plots or plant in patio pots and raised beds last year.

It seems like just last week we were picking the last of our tomatoes to save them from a freeze or frost last fall. But when I check the calendar, it's February or close to it. Our normal last frost ...

Picking up beautiful seedlings at a garden center is always tempting, but here are a few plants you should consider growing from seed so that they thrive.

As winter morphs into spring, I get antsy. I want to start growing things. Even though it is still too early for starting most things by seed, it is the right time to plant artichokes, onions, peppers ...

Indy Officinalis talks starting seeds indoors with grow lights. She troubleshoots stunted seedlings, shares when to put light on germinated seeds, and more! In Episode 202 of Mother Earth News and ...

If space is available near a sunny window, start seeds four to eight weeks before the plant-out date. In Logan County, our average last frost date is May 15. Starting too early usually results in ...

Seed catalogs are filled with dreams that grow into reality: A perfectly straight and early stringless bush bean. A dahlia in the most vibrant color you can imagine. The same tomato that South Dakota ...

OK, it’s been cold out there. Wickedly cold. And even though a couple of weeks ago we could see some signs of life out in the garden, a snowdrop or hellebore bloom here or there, the recent polar ...