So you’ve decided to start a home garden. You’ve pored over seed catalogs to pick out which plants you want to grow and you’ve read some books to learn more about home gardening. But there’s one big ...

This spring, I’m trying a method of growing flowers that is new to me, but it dates back to the 16th century. It’s called direct seeding, or direct sowing. Vegetable gardeners are familiar with this ...

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Other crops, like carrots, are best sown directly in the garden, but can be more challenging to germinate and grow. Tomatoes ...

Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) are a culinary staple, and for good reason. A tomato offers nearly 20% of your daily vitamin C allotment, as well as potassium and antioxidants like beta carotene.