Get a head start on your garden. Follow these 9 essential steps to successfully start seeds indoors for a thriving spring.

Choosing the best seeds for sprouting is one of the best ways to grow something green (and delicious!) indoors. But if you’re new to sprouting, don’t fret! You won’t need extensive seed knowledge or ...

Many seeds only require soil and water to sprout. Others, however, have a harder coating that makes germination a bit ...

If you’ve been thinking about trying some kitchen gardening to help fight off the winter ickies but lack the space and funds to do a setup, seed sprouting is a perfect place to start. Sprouting seeds ...

Dark and stormy days of winter make gardening seemingly impossible. But, there is one indoor gardening project you can do to relieve the itch. Grow sprouts. Growing sprouts at home is an easy, ...

I look out my window on a classic foggy Bay Area morning and see a family of deer chomping on some recently planted baby kale peaking its head out of the earth. “ Nooooooo!” I yell as I burst out of ...

Speed up germination for some veggies and flowers by soaking seeds before planting.

If you’ve ever wondered why your seeds haven’t sprouted, cold stratification (or the lack thereof) might be to blame.

The satisfaction of watching your tiny shoots push out of the ground after weeks of waiting is one of the best parts of gardening—unless your seeds don’t germinate as evenly as you’d like. Some of ...

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 ...