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Your guide to succession sowing, the method of sowing seeds in intervals to have staggered harvests throughout the season. This guide includes methods that are great for succession as well...

Enjoy the summer; prepare for fall. Perhaps more than any other month, August in the Northeast encapsulates and reflects the entire growing season. This month, vine-ripened tomatoes and peppers reach...

For a lush garden, keep on sowing. June is a busy month on the seed farm as we shift gears from all the direct sowing and transplanting of May to...

Make sowing flowers your new winter ritual.

Potatoes are as easy to grow as they are to cook—and to eat! Potatoes aren't just comfort foods—they're comfort crops. Each step—from planting, to tending, to unearthing, to roasting, and...

Are you looking to maximize your garden space and yield? Try Square Foot Gardening, a straightforward method for turning your garden beds into a grid for simple spacing.

Plan at least a week in advance to "harden off" indoor-grown seedlings before setting them into the still-cold earth.

Direct sowing is one way to get a head start in the garden. For some seeds, the cold, wet weather of spring can hasten germination, and many early crops might otherwise...

The earth is warming, soon. Seedlings are eager to sink their bound roots into the universe of the garden.

True stars of the cutting garden, Dahlias come in myriad shapes, colors, and sizes with more than 57,000 cultivars. Their incredible diversity is due, in part, to chromosomes: Dahlias are genetic...

How to Grow Poppies from Seed Poppies (Papaveraceae) are stunningly beautiful herbaceous annual, biennial, and perennial plants. The flowers are showy, with usually four crêpe-like, crinkled petals surrounding a central...

This month: Plant garlic and fall-planted bulbs, prepare for frost, and boost soil fertility. Plus, other seeds to sow in October!