In the depths of winter, looking through a seed catalog is the gardener’s equivalent of planning a summer vacation—a chance to fantasize about warmer days ahead. What's even more fun is getting the ...
A large variety of seed packets arranged on the floor - eurobanks/Shutterstock Growing plants from seed is a rewarding experience, not to mention a low-cost way to end up with oodles of plants. But if ...
Growing plants directly from seed is cost efficient and gives you complete control of the entire growing process. But all the information packed on such a tiny envelope can be confusing. Let’s ...
Design your own seed packets for sharing or selling treasured heirloom seeds. Creating personalized seed packets can add a unique touch when gifting seeds. Learn how one reader made customized packets ...
Along with the yearly perusing of catalogs comes the annual tradition of sifting through my seed stash, organizing what I have. And part of that, for some reason, leads into swapping seeds with other ...
A seed packet may be small, but it speaks volumes. While seed catalogs promote thousands of types of plants, seed packets tell gardeners how to grow one. All the information is printed on the back of ...
As I recall, there used to be a decent interval between the new year and the time when the seed racks started to appear in hardware stores. If you wanted to get a jump on the season, or merely to ...
The holidays don’t have to be all tinsel, cookies, and crowded stores—they can also smell like soil, sound like laughter, and ...
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.
I was looking over my leftover packets of seed and noticed the following stamped on the packets: packed for 2022, sell by 2022-10-31. Does this mean that these seeds will have expired by planting time ...
In the depths of winter, looking through a seed catalog is the gardener’s equivalent of planning a summer vacation—a chance to fantasize about warmer days ahead. What's even more fun is getting the ...
A seed packet may be small, but it speaks volumes. While seed catalogs promote thousands of types of plants, seed packets tell gardeners how to grow one. All the information is printed on the back of ...