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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The weather is warmer in April, but there’s still a risk of frost. The risk of frost passes by the end of May, so you can plant a wider variety of fruit, veg and flowers during the month from tomatoes ...

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 ...

Fork over the soil two or three weeks before sowing to encourage the weed seeds in the soil to germinate. They can then be hoed off before sowing crops. Remove the first flush of weeds. This will mean ...

To ensure the best possible plants when growing them from seeds there are a few certain conditions needed for the seeds to germinate. The method and timing are vital for gardeners to achieve success, ...

Want to see a healthy environment blossom? Seeds are the first step. But right now, we don’t have enough. “Seeds of Change” was the theme of the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s 12th annual Conservation ...