Quick-growing salad leaves like rocket, lettuce, and mustard are perfect for winter sowing in trays indoors. They’re easy to ...

It gives you the satisfaction of growing your own and nurturing seeds into healthy plants while saving on the expense of ...

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 ...

Can you smell that? The whiff of spring (and its new growing season) is just around the corner, which means – you guessed it – it's time to learn how to sow seeds. Whether you're a beginner or ...

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.

Violas are another gorgeous flower that can be planted in February.

We winter sow, of course! Winter sowing is precisely what its name suggests: sowing seeds during the winter months. Technically, any seed dispersal after late fall can be considered winter sowing.

The A.K. Smiley Public Library is considering establishing a “seed library” to grow connections within the community.

Sow seeds in a cold frame in autumn or straight into the ground in spring, and you'll be eating sweet, tender peas straight from the pod all through the summer months. Peas come in two varieties ...

Matilda Duis, 5, of Portage, sprays the seeds she planted in her winter sowing jug at the Valparaiso Native Plant Group’s event on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, at Meridian Woods community room in ...