Garden soil is great for your plants once they’re actually in your garden. It’s a completely different story when you're ...

Seed starting feels like pure optimism in physical form. Tiny packets promise tomatoes the size of softballs, basil that ...

Most herbs take between a week and one month to germinate, which makes them some of the first you should start among other ...

Gather flower and vegetable seeds, milk jugs or two-liter soda bottles, duct tape, a quality potting mix and a weatherproof ...

Vinegar is not recommended for sterilizing seed-starting equipment, but to get rid of caked-on salt or mineral deposits, you ...

If you’re planning to start seeds indoors this season, you likely know you’ll need a growing medium (packaged, sterile seed-starting mix is ideal), a sunny windowsill or grow lights and, of course, ...

So, our gardening season begins again. Mid-February is the time to start seeds for planting out mid-April or there abouts. After this winter-that-wasn’t (so far), I’m not sure what the planting ...

Discover 7 seeds you shouldn't start in February, according to experts. Sometimes it's beneficial to ignore seed packets and ...

It’s not too early to be thinking about your summer vegetable garden. The chilly temperatures are moving out quickly, and warmer weather will be here before you know it. One way to get the most out of ...

Toilet paper rolls aren’t just for the bathroom. It may come as a surprise, but these round, flexible pieces of cardboard are also great gardening tools, and can be used as seed starters, compost ...

As snow and ice cover the Shenandoah Valley, many residents look ahead to warmer days. For gardeners, who may be getting the ...