CORVALLIS — While you’re battling the winter blues, make your own seed-starting mix and plan for the gardening days ahead. Home gardeners can start vegetable and flower seedlings indoors from four to ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. In ...

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

With the right planning, you can start seedlings indoors for hardier plants in the garden. Learn how to germinate seeds quickly, with instructions for seed starting mix and DIY paper pots to get ...

To attract a variety of birds to your yard, you'll want to offer seed recipes that appeal to a range of species. Here are ...

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, ...

Starting your own plants from seeds can save a lot of money and give you way more choice than you’ll find at plant-buying time... even in the biggest garden centers. When you start your own seeds ...

The beauty and order of the earth’s natural rhythm bring us once again to spring — seedtime — and the promise of new life embedded within each seed. For those who disbelieve in miracles, take a closer ...

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