Starting your own plants from seed is one of the most rewarding parts of gardening, but success often comes down to the right ...

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 four to ...

Create a homemade seed starting mix and get waterwise gardening tips Randy Battle shares gardening tips including how to use a colander to prepare soil for seed starting and when to water plants to ...

Starting your own plants from seeds can save a lot of money and give you way more choice than you’ll find at plant-buying time... even in the biggest garden centers. When you start your own seeds ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- How do you get a jump start on your garden, by growing seedlings indoors? Reader Mark from Sheffield Lake writes that he’s tired of increasing prices to buy seedlings at nurseries ...

The beauty and order of the earth’s natural rhythm bring us once again to spring — seedtime — and the promise of new life embedded within each seed. For those who disbelieve in miracles, take a closer ...

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, ...

You can make your own potting mix at home using simple ingredients like compost, sand, and shredded leaves. Compost adds nutrients while wood chips and rocks help your mix drain well and keep plant ...

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 polar ...