It has been more than 20 years since I have used a seed tape. Next spring, however, I just might buy a couple and use them in my vegetable garden. Why? The availability of numerous vegetable varieties ...

You can simplify your planting of fall-winter vegetables, especially plants grown from tiny seeds such as carrots, radishes, turnips and others, by planting these from seeds tapes rather than trying ...

Q • I usually plant carrots and beets in the spring using seed tape, but I couldn’t find any for the cultivars I like. Is there a way I can make my own? A: Seed tape can be an easy way to ensure small ...

Have you ever gotten frustrated trying to plant small seeds directly into your garden or thin-out plantings of radishes, carrots or beets? Well, here is an idea you might want to try. Why not prepare ...

So there is no shame in taking a few shortcuts from time to time, and that includes using seed tapes. Granted they are much more expensive than just buying a packet of seeds, but if time is short ...

It can be difficult to space tiny seeds, such as carrots, in the garden. One solution is seed tape, a paper-thin strip with seeds embedded (and mostly evenly spaced) into the nearly translucent strip ...

Carrots may seem like one of the simplest vegetables to grow, but they can be surprisingly fussy. The number-one culprit? Soil. Carrots need loose, sandy, stone-free soil so their roots can grow long ...

Many of the vegetables we like to grow in nice, neat rows come from tiny seeds that make planting precise rows very difficult. The seeds are hard to handle, wash away easily, and need heavy thinning ...

On cold winter days, a gardener’s thoughts naturally wander to the coming spring. Not yet ready for paper, plans are drawn in our imaginations, and then redrawn over and over again, for the new garden ...

BOISE -- Are you ready to start planting some flowers and veggies in your garden? It’s still a little too early to plant a lot of things, but it is a good time to plant some cold weather vegetables, ...

Some 98 per cent of our vegetable varieties have disappeared over the past century and regulations are hastening the decline, an organic charity warned today. According to Garden Organic, 95 per cent ...