Essential growing information is condensed and printed onto seed packets. Some information is required by law.

This beginner-friendly guide explains how to start a vegetable garden with indirect and direct seed-sowing methods.

Open-pollinated: A plant that has been naturally pollinated. Open-pollinated seeds can be saved from year to year and planted ...

Seeds cost more every year. Garden centers stack those bright packets near the checkout line like candy, and each spring the cart fills up again. But a thriving garden already holds next year’s supply ...

Get a jumpstart on the gardening season by starting seeds indoors.

Seed starting looks simple from the outside: fill a tray, drop in a seed, add water, wait. But the gap between what seedlings ...

A seed packet may be small, but it speaks volumes. While seed catalogs promote thousands of types of plants, seed packets tell gardeners how to grow one. All the information is printed on the back of ...

Unlock the secrets of seed packets to grow healthier plants. Here are tips, including information about cold stratification ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the depths of winter, looking through a seed catalog is the gardener’s equivalent of planning a summer vacation—a chance to ...

Hate seed catalogs? Too many variables in what to buy, when to plant and how? Enter Burpee’s New Year’s Resolution Garden, essentially a packet of seed packets. The marketing pitch is that each type ...

Start by choosing seeds from a New England or Connecticut–based company. Local seed companies offer varieties adapted to our shorter growing season and changing spring temperatures. One seed packet is ...

Gift-giving has become an ever-present part of the holidays, no matter which holiday you celebrate. Gifts given from a generous heart that fulfill a need or desire of the recipient bring a sense of ...