A guide to 7 vegetables to plant in February in a cold frame or beneath cloches for the first homegrown harvests of the year, ...

New gardeners can make a head start on their windowsills.

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio’s average last freeze of the season is around Feb. 24, which means it’s time to get your seeds in the ground for your veggie garden. Seeds are great, because you get a small ...

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.

There are many ways to grow a plant from seed, but planting outdoors — also known as direct sowing — can often be overlooked or seem too daunting. Gardeners often start their seeds indoors, where ...

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 ...

The ideal time to plant your garden depends on what you're growing and where you're located. For example, January is a great ...

Winter sowing is a method of growing your own transplants without the need for any special equipment. No greenhouse or cold frame is required. You don’t need grow lights or even a sunny window, for ...

A vegetable plant growing next to its E-seed carrier. This seed was planted in a garden on Carnegie Mellon University’s campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Imagine ...