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

This week's column focuses on seed starting, advice for pruning blackberry plants and how to support the local ecosystem with ...

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 ...

So do you need to soak seeds in water before starting them indoors or sowing in your garden? That depends on the type of seeds. Here’s what you need to know about which seeds to soak and how to ...

Although associated with the summertime, tomatoes can be a good option for February planting for anyone who lives in warmer ...

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 ...

CORVALLIS — While you’re battling the winter blues, make your own seed-starting mix and plan for the gardening days ahead. Home gardeners can start vegetable and flower seedlings indoors from ...

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 ...

Activities like direct seeding new plants and vegetables indoors take center stage in mid to late winter. Gardeners know that starting plants by seed indoors is a money saver once all the ...