Learn how to successfully start vegetable seeds indoors, from choosing the right plants to providing light and heat, for a ...

Successfully starting seeds indoors or outdoors requires knowing the best growing conditions. We asked experts for the best ...

Your favorite summer berries are easy to grow from seed.

Sprouting grains and seeds is easy and fun. The health benefits are well worth the extra work. You can sprout wheat berries, barley, buckwheat, alfalfa, sesame seeds, and flax seeds, to name a few.

But nature’s survival plan creates a bit of a challenge for home gardeners because the hard coating prevents those seeds from sprouting easily. So it’s up to us to mimic the effects of stomach acid to ...

There is something so rewarding about growing your own plants from seed, especially when they produce food you can eat. On ...

While our elementary school science classes may have taught us the basics about seeds and how to plant them, if you’ve gotten into gardening as an adult, you’ve probably figured out that there’s ...

Planting a seed is an act of faith. After all, what could seem more far-fetched than dropping a shriveled, apparently lifeless speck of something into a hole in the ground, then expecting to return ...

UConn Home and Garden Education Center alum Carol Quish wrote a short blog post about vivipary in 2014 that, over a decade later, is still one of our most-read pieces. Why are folks still interested ...