Growing plants from seed is so rewarding! Seed starting is a great way to bid farewell to winter and begin welcoming the beauty of spring.
Whether you start seeds indoors or outdoors, you are sure to love the benefits of growing from seed. Our helpful content can even offer tips on common seed starting issues, like dealing with leggy seedlings.
Enjoy the calming stress relief and the sense of accomplishment at creating thriving young plants!
Once you get started growing plants from seed, you will love to pick up on new techniques, new varieties, and of course, saving your own seeds for trading or future crops!
Happy Gardening!
Hey, not sure if you’ve noticed, but it’s time to get started with your cool weather veggies! Planting carrot seeds outside couldn’t be much easier! Try these tips on how to plant carrot seeds outside in the garden. Growing carrots from seed takes only a few moments and it is totally worth getting your kids…
Lettuce is such a healthy, easy-going plant in the garden, at least in my experience. If you’re new to growing lettuce from seed, try my tips on how to plant lettuce seeds in the garden for delicious salads all summer! Growing lettuce from seed couldn’t be easier. I’ve found direct sowing lettuce in the garden…
Growing broccoli from seed indoors gives you a jump start on its long growing season. This cool-weather crop is delicious raw or cooked and it starts readily from seed. Starting broccoli from seed is worth a try, especially if you’re planting other seeds as well. It only takes a few moments to plant broccoli seeds….
Have you tried growing watermelon from seed? This delicious fruit works out just fine in the backyard garden! Learn how to grow watermelon from seed for a yummy summertime harvest. We had great fun growing watermelons from seed for the first time in 2021. (Our 2020 crop did not survive once I moved the watermelon…
Green beans are one of our family’s favorite vegetables. Recently, I made the switch from growing bush beans to growing pole beans. It just made so much more sense to grow vertically and maximize our garden space. Starting beans indoors is a longtime tradition for our gardens for year and years now. Beans are also…
Few things are as exciting as the moment you realize you can start your seeds for the current gardening season. Starting zucchini seeds indoors is something you should consider if you have enough space for a plant or two. Zucchini plants are known for their prolific nature. You’ve likely seen the gardening memes about sneakily…
Starting seeds indoors in egg cartons is one of our family’s annual gardening traditions! We look forward to it every winter. Using egg cartons to start seeds is just about as easy as it gets. (Well, besides my other favorite seed starting method – germinating seeds in plastic bags with wet paper towels!) I highly…
Ugh, the winter! Why does it always feel like the growing season goes by way too quickly?! But not to fret – I’ve recently learned all about the winter sowing method and starting seeds in milk jugs during the winter, way before the last frost! Even if you don’t have your indoor growing stations set…
There’s just something so rewarding about growing citrus trees from seed! Particularly here in PA zone 6b, where we can’t grow citrus trees outdoors over the winter, it feels like a challenge and I always love a good gardening challenge. I’m excited to share my tips and experience on how to grow a clementine tree…
Planting from seed allows you to witness one of nature’s greatest miracles one step at a time. Try my favorite seedling / paper towels germination trick so you can see the seed radicle emerge and grow up close! It’s amazing! What is a seed radicle? The radicle is the seed root that emerges from an…