It’s either time — or nearly time — to start seeds indoors for the upcoming growing season, depending on where you live. But ...

Take a soil sample for testing if not done in the last three to five years. This is a good way to determine the amendments ...

With spring just around the corner, you may want to start your seeds indoors. Here are some things you should know.

If you’re in doubt or experiencing poor germination, test a few of the seeds (10 is a good number) by wrapping them in a ...

It is important to handle fruits and vegetables (and all foods) properly to prevent food poisoning. Food poisoning, also called foodborne illness, is caused by eating food that contains bacteria or ...

Sure, errors happen, or the operator (me) uses seeds that a too old, which is frustrating because time is lost and a do-over ...

Oh my! Spring is here again, and it’s time to plant my seeds. But you know what I found today? Just a bunch of old vegetable seeds and half full packets from years gone by. I wondered if ...

Give your garden a head start by starting your seeds indoors. When your last frost date rolls around, you'll have seedlings ...

Learn the ins and outs and the pros and cons of the popular new snail seed-starting method and give it a try in your garden this year.

If you’re growing seeds this spring but aren’t quite sure where to start, the Farmers’ Almanac is here to help. The almanac ...

Master gardener Madyson Black offers tips to prepare to care for seedlings and maintain them until it is time to transfer them to the soil.

The main question is why you would grow an apple tree from seed. It requires a great deal of patience and represents a big ...