While most gardeners start seeds in spring, winter sowing can allow you to plant vegetable, herb, and flower seeds a whole lot earlier. Not only does winter sowing extend the growing season and ...

Winter sowing vegetable, herb, and flower seeds can add weeks to months to your growing season, save you space and money, and increase the variety of plants in your garden. But exactly when should you ...

Starting seeds inside under lights isn’t the only way to get young plants growing ahead of our frost-free growing season. A lot of gardeners are discovering the little-known option of “winter-sowing,” ...

Although many plants have gone dormant, the winter garden is still an active place. Birds are feasting on last season's seed heads, filling their bellies and dropping seeds all over the ground. These ...

What is winter sowing? I have heard a little about this and wonder if this would be something I might want to use in my gardening. I am looking into more effective ways to start seeds for spring ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Most people think that winter means everything in the garden apart from the tough old evergreens is dead or dormant. But that's not the case.

Many gardeners start flower, vegetable and herb seeds indoors during winter months in order to have seedlings to plant outdoors after the last spring frost occurs, typically around the last week in ...

If you want to use an easy way to germinate seeds of cool-season vegetables so you do less work than maintaining them indoors or don’t have an indoor space to start seeds, you will find doing what is ...

Can’t wait for spring? While it’s too early to start seeds indoors in zone 5b, you can get your garden growing now with winter sowing. Using just recycled containers, soil, and seeds, you can start ...

In winter, nothing grows! We mustn't stop at our mental representations. Winter doesn't have to be a dead season for your vegetable garden. It can also be a period rich in harvests and surprises. As ...

Most gardeners wait too long. By the time the last frost has safely passed and the soil feels truly warm, you have already ...