Ever find yourself staring at all those empty containers piling up in your kitchen and wondering if they could be useful? Turns out, your recycling bin is full of hidden treasures for gardeners.

If you want to use an easy way to germinate seeds of cool-season vegetables so you do less work than maintaining them indoors or don’t have an indoor space to start seeds, you will find doing what is ...

If you’re a gardener with big plans for spring, you might give a new technique called “winter sowing” a try. Winter sowing is a way to start seeds outdoors by essentially creating mini-greenhouses ...

Think gardening season is months away? You can get a head start with winter sowing, a simple, budget-friendly way to grow native plants that pollinators love. All you need are recycled containers ...

Winter sowing in containers can be done any time from now through until February. The idea is that you leave the seeds outside in their mini makeshift greenhouses made out of see-through containers ...

Turn off the grow lights, gather a few milk jugs and potting mix, and start planting seeds. Winter sowing is a way to start transplants from seeds outdoors without a greenhouse or cold frame. You’ll ...

If you've never practiced winter sowing, you're in for a fun and unique experience that ignores some of the rules you've learned about seed starting. For example, seed packet instructions on when to ...