Helps seeds acclimate. Seeds that are started indoors generally need to be hardened off before they’re transplanted outside ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... While I’m enjoying the holidays with my family, please enjoy this article from Extension Master Gardener Angela Foster. Happy holidays. As the days grow ...

I plant my herb seeds in 4- or 6-inch pots. I fill pots to the brim with a good quality planting mix. Then I moisten with warm water so it settles to one-half inch or so below the rim. Next I space ...

The best time of year to plant your grass heavily depends on the type of grass you’re trying to grow and where you live. Do you live in a cool-season grass area, a warm-season grass area, or the ...

If you grow only one herb, make it this one. Parsleys are popular in pots indoors and on kitchen windowsills. Technically a tender biennial, it is grown as an annual from slow-to-germinate seeds.

Like fennel seeds, anise seeds can be substituted for tarragon when you’re looking to replace the slightly spicy, ...

Gardening in very cold climates can be a challenge, but it doesn’t mean you have to miss out on growing your favorite herbs.

The grow-your-own gardening expert on summer savory and winter savory, and making sure that whenever you can't enjoy one, you ...

Scientists say they’ve worked out how the plant can fire its seeds up to almost 40 feet. By Carolyn Wilke The hairy, ground-hugging vines of the squirting cucumber Ecballium elaterium might seem ...

The discovery of a unique relationship between insects and plants has solved a longstanding mystery. For over a century, botanists have wondered how the tiny seeds of Balanophora were dispersed, and ...