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, ...
Days are getting milder in Western Washington, but the nights and the soil are too cold and damp for most planting.
Mustard seed farming is an intricate process that combines age-old traditions with modern techniques. Farmers carefully cultivate the mustard plants, ensuring the seeds are harvested at their peak ...
Strong hand coordination is essential for many gardening tasks, particularly in seed planting where accuracy is paramount. By incorporating effective hand exercises into your routine, you can ...
Enthusiastic Kīhei Charter School second grade students prepare the soil and plant seeds to start their school garden. Their teacher, Mikenna Dehnert, is in the upper right corner of the photograph.
Using a clean, sharp pair of secateurs and gardening gloves to protect your hands, cut away dead brown foliage at the base of the stem and then compost it. You can also cut back deciduous ...
To find out exactly when to plant grass seed in spring, we chatted with lawn experts and professional landscapers. Here's what they said. When planting grass seed in spring, worry less about ...
This free, family-friendly event celebrates seed saving, gardening, and sustainable living. This year's keynote speaker is Bob Quinn, a pioneering organic farmer from Big Sandy, Montana.
“When padi seeds are received late, planting is delayed by up to three weeks. This results in the planting season overlapping with the flood and drought seasons, leading to suboptimal padi ...
From this, Project SEED (originally “Summer Experiences for the Economically Disadvantaged”) was born and has flourished. More than 50 years later, Project SEED has grown and diversified its services ...
and he walks the novice gardener through the basics of planting, growing and seed saving. Sprinkled throughout the gardening advice are old-fashioned recipes — such as Parsnip Cake, Artichoke Pi ...
What Is Grape Seed Extract? The seeds used to make grape seed extract come from Vitis vinifera, the wild grape from which most wine grapes originate. This species is native to the Mediterranean ...