While most gardeners start seeds in spring, winter sowing can allow you to plant vegetable, herb, and flower seeds a whole lot earlier. Not only does winter sowing extend the growing season and ...

Winter sowing vegetable, herb, and flower seeds can add weeks to months to your growing season, save you space and money, and increase the variety of plants in your garden. But exactly when should you ...

If you've never practiced winter sowing, you're in for a fun and unique experience that ignores some of the rules you've learned about seed starting. For example, seed packet instructions on when to ...

When the ground is frozen solid and the trees are bare, most of us assume gardening season is months away. We huddle indoors, scrolling through photos of last July’s tomatoes and hydrangeas, waiting ...

Ever had trouble getting seeds to germinate in the garden in the spring? If so, it’s time to do some research to see if your seeds need to be cold stratified before you plant them. Cold stratification ...

Are you the type of gardener who has more seeds than indoor space to sow them? Do you reside in a home where your family expects to use the fridge for food, not garden experiments? Do you have cats or ...

While most folks are at the garden center buying $4 six-packs of annual flowers, Pat King is filling her beds and pots for pennies on the dollar. This avid Swatara Township gardener is reaping the ...

Back in February I wrote a blog about winter sowing, a method of growing your own transplants from seeds without using special equipment and without a greenhouse or even a cold frame. With the winter ...

Many gardeners start flower, vegetable and herb seeds indoors during winter months in order to have seedlings to plant outdoors after the last spring frost occurs, typically around the last week in ...

Do you want to learn how to start seeds but have problems growing them in the house? Winter Sowing is a great alternative! Winter Sowing is a method of starting seeds outdoors, in the winter! It is ...