Many of us are already planning our summer garden. To be prepared, not only are we ordering new types of seed packets, seed trays, and mapping how it'll all possibly fit into our limited garden space, ...

Transform milk jugs, soda bottles and other items into mini-grow chambers to start some of your favorite and hard to find ...

Starting your own plants from seed is one of the most rewarding parts of gardening, but success often comes down to the right foundation. A quality seed-starting mix provides the ideal balance of ...

Turn off the grow lights, gather a few milk jugs and potting mix and start planting seeds. Winter sowing is a way to start ...

For many home growers, gardeners, and farmers, spring is a busy time in the gardening year. In the period running up to and immediately after the last frost date in your area, you might be sowing a ...

The Springfield News-Leader in Springfield, Missouri, partners with the Master Gardeners of Green County each week to bring readers a question-and-answer column with some of the expert horticulturists ...

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, ...

Some of my taller flowers last summer grew too tall and flopped over. Can I pinch these back next year to control height without losing flowers? Most types of annual and perennial flowers can be ...