You may think winter is a quiet time for gardening, but certain tasks cannot wait. For best results, sow these herb seeds ...

Pro tip: If you do use the lighter seed-starting soil, moisten the soil before inserting the seed. This light soil tends to ...

Spring arrives March 20 — 58 days from today, and as you see, I’m eagerly counting the days! My seed catalogs, dog-eared and ...

Ask the Gardener offers tips on lighting, the proper soil mix, and watering to ensure your plants get off to their early and best start.

This is a good time to try using a plastic milk jug as a tiny greenhouse, giving the seeds protection to start germinating ...

This week's Master Gardener column includes tips for eliminating gnats from indoor plants as well as advice on when to start ...

It's time to start the first early-season garden plants from seed inside -- and gather the rest of the season's seeds while ...

Bites from a strawberry should progress from the stem end to the tip, since the tip is the sweetest part and it is desirable ...

All seeds need warm temperatures and good light to germinate properly. The best places in a house to start them are in an ...

Why start vegetable seeds indoors before spring ... Some seeds are sown on the soil surface because they need light to germinate; others want to be lightly covered, the cue to break dormancy ...

Vegetables. You can germinate seeds indoors now so that seedlings will be ready for planting in the garden once the danger of frost is past by the middle of March. Use a sterile, soilless potting mix.