The dormant season is a great time to sow flower seeds, establish trees and shrubs, and get started on the vegetable garden.

Gardening is often thought of as a seasonal endeavor, with tasks that are specific to the spring, summer, fall, and winter, ...

It may be cold outside, but you can get a head start on your garden by winter sowing seeds. Come spring, you'll reap the rewards with superb blooms and veggies.

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.

If you don't have good ... planting. Some gardeners use a plastic covering over the soil to aid in keeping the soil moist and the humidity levels higher. You want moist soil, not wet soil. Once ...

Iowa is the northern range for this tree, so southern Minnesota gardeners could give it a try. Since Minnesota is on the ...

Every year this column is guided by a general theme recommended to us by readers and fellow gardeners. In 2025, Gardeners’ ...

Learn how to grow and care for 'Soft Caress' Mahonia, a unique variety of mahonia with fern-like evergreen foliage. Get to ...

This is a good time to try using a plastic milk jug as a tiny greenhouse, giving the seeds protection to start germinating ...

It’s a good idea to wait until late spring – after the last frost – before planting most flowers and vegetables, she said.

The author observed the dormancy period of their rabbit's foot fern, during which the fronds naturally dried out. Rabbit's ...

Every seed that you plant will have some kind of outcome. Sometimes it may take one thousand years for that seed to blossom into a lively plant.