Planting tiny seeds can be a pretty big pain. However, if you've got a salt or pepper shaker, this kitchen staple will make ...

Starting your very first vegetable garden can feel both exciting and overwhelming. You’ve bought your seeds, you’ve got a patch of soil or a few containers ready—but now what? How deep do you plant ...

Depending on where you store them and what types of seeds they contain, your old, dog-eared seed packets may or may not be worth using this season. Seeds are alive, but they do not live forever.

Spring and fall are the best times to plant, but falls provides more time for plants to establish roots before having to deal ...

A yearly germination test is a definitive measure of whether an old seed packet is worth saving. Each spring, count out at least 20 seeds from each packet to be tested, and then spread the seeds ...

Zoysia Grass: Warm-season grass; resistant to heat, drought, and heavy foot traffic. It forms a dense, low-growing lawn that chokes out weed competition, but can be slow to establish, especially ...

Seed companies have very little space to convey a lot of information on how to grow the plant, so they use a type of short hand to put all the necessary information on every packet of seed. Every ...