How to sow seeds indoors, according to the experts - Top tips for new gardeners from those in the know ...

These vegetable, herb, and flower seeds are easy to start indoors, even if you're a new gardener.

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 ...

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 ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Sowing ...

Donna Foster, who lives in East Long Beach near the CSULB campus, emailed me concerning a sunny slope, nearly bare, that needs planting. She was thinking of broadcasting seeds and wanted to know my ...

With minimal care, sunlight and simple soil preparation, marigolds flourish in pots, bringing bright colour and cheer to ...