Pro tip: If you do use the lighter seed-starting soil, moisten the soil before inserting the seed. This light soil tends to ...

As of late, my dreams have been filled with fresh green sprouts and visions of verdancy. Few things excite me more about the impending growing season than planning my vegetable and cut-flower garden.

Gardeners pass the winter months spending more time inside, giving our minds and hands projects that keep us thinking green ...

Why start vegetable seeds indoors before spring? While I love the seasons in New England, our winters make it hard for warm-season crops like eggplants, hot peppers, okra, and watermelons to ...

CORVALLIS — While you’re battling the winter blues, make your own seed-starting mix and plan for the gardening days ahead.

While you’re gathering seeds to start soon, you might as well order/buy seeds you’ll be starting indoors later or planting directly in the soil come spring and summer. Buying soon also makes ...

OK, it’s been cold out there. Wickedly cold. And even though a couple of weeks ago we could see some signs of life out in the garden, a snowdrop or hellebore bloom here or there, the recent ...

Last week’s column was on the schedule you should follow when planting vegetable seeds indoors. This week’s ... The best places in a house to start them are in an unused bedroom or a basement ...