This beginner-friendly guide explains how to start a vegetable garden with indirect and direct seed-sowing methods. Homegrown ...

May is the time in Northern Michigan for an easy-peasy, cheap and breezy garden approach. Here’s what you need to know about direct sowing seeds right now. Whether you’re planning a serious garden ...

Extend the flowering season of dahlias by starting them early indoors. Dahlia tubers need warm soil to really get going. By starting them early indoors we can get them flowering earlier for the season ...

Starting seeds indoors before spring gives you a head start on the growing season and increases your chances of a healthy, ...

It's an exciting milestone for gardeners when nurseries start to put seed packets on the shelf in early spring. A few dollars can buy hundreds of seeds, which is a huge money saver compared to buying ...

When the last dahlias have faded in the fall and the nights grow cooler, it’s time to think about winter. myHOMEBOOK gardening expert Franka Kruse-Gering explains what to consider when you want to ...

Stanley Bomba grows large beefsteak tomatoes, one of which he put on a scale and saw that it was 2 pounds, 14 ounces.

February is the month when indoor seed-starting takes center stage in the Northern gardening world. It’s when eager gardeners get busy starting their cool-season plants, such as cabbage, broccoli, ...

You know my rule: You are not a real gardener unless you start and grow at least one plant from seed for your yard. Another of my rules also comes into play now: Until April 1, you really don’t have ...