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 ...

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

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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No matter how established your garden is or how diligent you are about regularly pulling weeds from your garden beds, it seems like you can never quite eradicate these tenacious yet unwanted plants.