Growing your own plants from seed opens up a wide variety of herbs and vegetables that you won’t find at the store.

The weather in Michigan remains brisk, but the spring tides soon will bring about sunnier days in the Mitten State.

Most other small plastic food containers, such as single-serving yogurt cups, clamshell-type salad packages or egg cartons, ...

This week's column addresses when to pinch back annual and perennial flowers, characteristics of a good potting mix and caring for indoor azaleas.

With our short growing season in Cook County, many gardeners start seeds indoors in the spring to transplant to outdoor ...

A specific seed-starting soil mix, which is sold at hardware stores and nurseries, can help moderate moisture and maintain ideal conditions. Plant stores also sell specific ingredients to DIY.

Everyone will need their own tray, containers and a bowl of seed-starting mix, Ghafari said, but seeds, a spray bottle and water can be shared. Repurposing old yogurt containers, plastic cups or ...

Add 3 inches of moistened seed-starting mix to shallow containers or the bottom halves of jugs. Avoid using garden soil, which is too dense for seedlings and may harbor pathogens that could ...

sterile seed-starting mix is ideal), a sunny windowsill or grow lights and, of course, seeds. But have you given thought to what containers you’ll use? Related Articles Brookline promised to ...