Want to grow your own pumpkins from harvested seeds? Be sure to properly dry and store the seeds until it's time to plant ...
The process of sprouting nuts and seeds is a great way to add a little magic to your meals! You’ll get more flavor, texture, and nutrients your body loves. Let’s walk through the top tips on how to ...
Most seeds sprout fairly easily. Just tamp them into a potting mix, keep them damp, and within a week or two, baby plants are up and ready to go under lights inside until the coast is clear outside.
Want flowers in an instant? These are the 5 quickest sprouting flower seeds to sprout and grow, according to a pro gardener. There’s really not much to dislike about gardening. It gets you outside, ...
The satisfaction of watching your tiny shoots push out of the ground after weeks of waiting is one of the best parts of gardening—unless your seeds don’t germinate as evenly as you’d like. Some of ...
While our elementary school science classes may have taught us the basics about seeds and how to plant them, if you’ve gotten into gardening as an adult, you’ve probably figured out that there’s ...
It is so hot outside that I had trouble coming up with a topic for this week’s article! I just saw my outside thermometer and it read 108 degrees! That is too hot for me to be outside gardening. So, I ...
Demonstration of how a brussel sprout plant growing from a seed to mini-size sprouts in this time lapse. The seed quickly ...
UConn Home and Garden Education Center alum Carol Quish wrote a short blog post about vivipary in 2014 that, over a decade later, is still one of our most-read pieces. Why are folks still interested ...
Seasonal Affective Disorder, better known as SAD, is the type of depression that comes with the change of seasons. The gray days of January and February in Michigan are prime time for attacks of these ...