Seed starting looks simple from the outside: fill a tray, drop in a seed, add water, wait. But the gap between what seedlings ...

Starting seeds indoors can save money and give you healthier plants—but only if you avoid a few common mistakes. I’ve made every one of these seed-starting mistakes myself. Once you know what to watch ...

You’ll save lots of money by starting your own flower and vegetable transplants from seed vs. buying greenhouse-grown plants in the spring. Indoor seed-starting isn’t as tricky as it might seem, and ...

It is time to start seeds indoors for spring planting. When you get seeds from a supplier, they are dry and dormant. Typically, moisture and temperature are the factors that break that dormancy but ...

After the column was published, I learned that the period of time during our northern hemisphere winter, when daylight hours ...

Emma Erler, host of Homegrown NH and lead horticulturist with Kirkwood Gardens, says New Hampshire gardeners can finally get their hands in the soil! She starts her pepper seeds in early March, due to ...