Grow your own peach tree with this step-by-step guide. Planting a peach tree in your yard puts fresh, ripe peaches within reach. Among fruit trees, peaches (as well as apricots and nectarines) are ...

As long as the season’s remaining freezes aren’t deep and long, plenty of crops can be sown. Many handle a light frost with ease and recover once the weather warms. Others require a kiss of frost for ...

It is much too early to let heat-loving plants such as petunias, marigolds or tomato plants sit outdoors overnight.

Seed packets look simple, but they often hide key instructions and use confusing jargon. Especially for new gardeners who want to start seeds indoors at around this time of year. What's a ...

Your favorite summer berries are easy to grow from seed.

Plant swaps help save seeds, build community, preserve biodiversity, protect food sovereignty, and encourage a new generation ...

If you plant a seed from a Gala apple, the chances are one in a hundred (or less) that the fruit produced from the tree that grows will be sweet. As Henry David Thoreau remarked, such seedling-grown ...

Seeds naturally deteriorate over time, and the RHS warns that older seeds may yield disappointing results, potentially forcing you to restart with fresh stock. The longevity of vegetable seeds varies ...