You often see references in sowing guides to soaking seeds before planting them. So, how essential is it to soak seeds before ...

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 ...

Many gardeners start flower, vegetable and herb seeds indoors during winter months in order to have seedlings to plant outdoors after the last spring frost occurs, typically around the last week in ...

Q: My banana tree, which I got from a clump in an old garden in the area, has been producing fruit for three or four years, thanks to your Gulf Coast banana-growing instructions. I was told that it ...

January, known for being cold and dark, is right around the corner. Winter sowing of native seeds in containers set outside ...

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 ...

I am interested in starting some seeds myself this year and would like some advice on how to do this. — Jennifer Doerr, Wheeling Growing plants from seed is a great way to start gardening earlier in ...