Growing vegetables from seed is a great way to save money and cultivate a wider variety of flavors in your garden. Peter Krumhardt Growing vegetables from seed for beginners is a rewarding project.

When the holidays wrap up and the seed catalogs start coming in the mail is about the time I start to get a feeling that I just cannot shake; the faintest voice calls me outside and into the garden.

Speed up germination for some veggies and flowers by soaking seeds before planting. Soaking seeds before planting them mimics the favorable growing conditions after a spring rain. Water is what wakes ...

Ever thought about growing your own vegetables but felt unsure where to start? The good news is that some veggies are almost ...

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 have never planted a vegetable garden before, but this seems like a great year to start. Should I start seeds inside? When is the best time to begin? Planting a seed is a true act of hope, and ...

Ever find yourself staring at all those empty containers piling up in your kitchen and wondering if they could be useful?

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 ...

Some annuals you can plant now include poppies, larkspur, delphinium, calendula and spurred snapdragon. These sometimes ...