There’s nothing more frustrating than staring at a tray of soil, waiting for the green sprouts that never seem to appear. You’ve done all the hard work of preparing the space and carefully planting ...

While our elementary school science classes may have taught us the basics about seeds and how to plant them, if you’ve gotten into gardening as an adult, you’ve probably figured out that there’s ...

Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy. When ...

UConn Home and Garden Education Center alum Carol Quish wrote a short blog post about vivipary in 2014 that, over a decade later, is still one of our most-read pieces. Why are folks still interested ...

Here’s a fact that changes everything: most seeds that “fail” don’t fail to germinate. They start to germinate, get all the way to the finish line underground, and then die when the soil dries out for ...

Some seeds, such as lavender and milkweed, require a period of cold before they will sprout. Gardeners can mimic this natural process, called cold stratification, either outdoors or indoors. Indoor ...

Growing milkweed from seed is an easy way to make your garden a monarch landing zone.

The FDA has issued final guidance for those producing and using seeds for sprouting, partly because of a string of foodborne illness outbreaks stretching back more than two decades. “Contamination can ...