Question: I’m interested in growing some unusual peppers this season that I can’t get as transplants at the nursery. I’ll need to start my own seeds. I know peppers can take longer to grow from seed ...

Vegetables, herbs, and plants for every garden ...

A few years ago, I planted pepper seeds for the first time to make my own paprika. This small start sent me on a journey from my bathroom window to a small growing tent in my closet and eventually to ...

Peppers are one of the most diverse summer vegetable crops grown in local gardens. If I were to ask 10 people what pepper ...

This beginner-friendly guide explains how to start a vegetable garden with indirect and direct seed-sowing methods.

Sow your seeds at the depth specified on the seed packet. The rule of thumb is the bigger the seed, the deeper it should be ...

Some of us have success at this and some of us don’t. Follow a few simple requirements and you can be very successful at this. You need a few materials, soil and seed. You can use pots that you have ...

In late January, I started plants for the spring garden, and I also started a lot of plants for the Linden Community Garden Club’s annual plant sale. Two years ago, I had a major problem when the ...

For many vegetable gardeners, this is perhaps the best season of the year—seed catalog season! Since the first week of January, colorful seed catalogs have begun to appear in my mailbox just as links ...