Cauliflower seeds started indoors in January get a welcome head start. This cool-loving vegetable thrives when given enough ...

Maybe it's too cold outside for tomatoes. But sow seed indoors mid-December to mid-January to have sturdy transplants ready for the garden in late February and March. It's important to get plants ...

Sowing vegetables from seed is a budget-friendly and enjoyable way to grow delicious homegrown vegetables for your household. You do need, however, to resist the temptation to rush and sow seeds too ...

May offers huge opportunities for planting vegetables, as many popular crops can be added to any productive garden this month. Whether you buy young plants or sow seeds, it can be a busy month. I love ...

Question: We want to grow transplants of tomatoes for our spring garden. When do we start the seeds and how? Answer: Be right on schedule for an early spring planting of your tomato crop by sowing the ...

Sow tomato seeds in containers now, to plant outdoors in about eight weeks. Any kind of container will do as long as it has drain holes. Sow the seed about 1/8th-inch deep in moistened seed-starter ...

While most gardeners start seeds in spring, winter sowing can allow you to plant vegetable, herb, and flower seeds a whole lot earlier. Not only does winter sowing extend the growing season and ...

Any way you slice it, the tomato is one confusing comestible. There's the whole identity crisis thing — is it a fruit or a vegetable? And don't get us started on the tuh-MAY-to, tuh-MAH-to thing. It's ...

Want to grow greenhouse tomatoes from seed? Then start soon, as they are best sown between now and mid-March. Seed for outdoor plants can be sown from late March to mid-April. If scattered in a ...

If you like to eat homegrown tomatoes and you enjoy the process of watching them go from seed to transplant to harvested fruit, now's the time to get started. You can't put tomatoes in the ground ...