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 ...

If you're anything like me, you get that itch to keep gardening even when the world outside is frozen solid. That's where winter sowing comes in-an ingenious method that allows you to start seeds ...

If you’re looking to increase the number of trees and shrubs on your property and you’re up for a challenge, now is a great time to start new trees and shrubs from seeds. Yes, it’s an exercise in ...

With winter soon approaching, you might be looking for affordable and easy ways to start your seeds without doing a ton of work—that’s where winter sowing can come in. “Because this [winter sowing] is ...

the sowing, and patience, since some may take a year or more to germinate. All the half-hardy bedding plants and quite a lot of early vegetables need to be started with heat under glass or in a ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...