Growing plants from seeds is an easy, inexpensive and fun thing to do. When you learn how to start plants from seeds, the variety of plants that you can grow increases dramatically, but not the ...

You probably keep paper towels in your kitchen, but this humble product has plenty of uses in the garden, too. Here are some ...

When I teach vegetable gardening, I love to share my favorite way to germinate seeds using a paper towel. Paper towels can be used for any seed that needs to be buried, even just a little bit.

Germinating and growing time-lapse of a palm tree from a seed to a young plant. The pit was extracted from a dried date. It ...

JEN, PLEASE USE ATTACHED BUG!!!!! The first sign of spring is a smattering of garden supplies that pop up in the destitute Christmas department of the big box stores. One of the first to appear is ...

If you save seeds, you might wonder whether those from last year are still viable. A quick and easy pre-season seed germination test can answer that question. Much depends on how the seeds were ...