Can’t wait for spring? While it’s too early to start seeds indoors in zone 5b, you can get your garden growing now with ...

As the short, cold days of winter drag on, slowly lengthening, our fingers itch to dig in warm, crumbly soil again. We flip eagerly through seed catalogs and longingly inventory the packets left over ...

What does it mean to “winter sow” your seeds? At its simplest, it means to sow your vegetable seeds directly into your garden soil in the late winter. This is after all what God designed the seeds to ...

Back in February I wrote a blog about winter sowing, a method of growing your own transplants from seeds without using special equipment and without a greenhouse or even a cold frame. With the winter ...

Many gardeners start flower, vegetable and herb seeds indoors during winter months in order to have seedlings to plant outdoors after the last spring frost occurs, typically around the last week in ...

It was winter, 1999. Trudi Davidoff had a dilemma. She had many seeds to start for her garden. However, she had limited space indoors, poor lighting, a small budget and ...

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 ...

We're new to winter sowing, but this method of starting seeds mimics mother nature, produces great results and saves space you would use to start seeds inside you home! The idea is to make mini ...

From the nor’easter in October that left many without power to 50-degree days in February, this has been the strangest winter I can remember. One garden club friend tells me she has daffodils blooming ...

I’ve perused most of the catalogs that continue to arrive in my mailbox, flagging pages with items to add to my ever-growing wish list. I ordered most-needed vegetable and flower seeds and a few new ...

Are you the type of gardener who has more seeds than indoor space to sow them? Do you reside in a home where your family expects to use the fridge for food, not garden experiments? Do you have cats or ...