Question: I am browsing seed catalogs for the upcoming gardening season. Can you explain some terms for me? What is ‘treated seed’? How about ‘pelleted seed’? And then there’s ‘seed tape.’ Please ...

Some plant seeds are extremely small and tend to be overseeded with many seeds wasted. For example, one ounce of carrot seeds has 25,000 seeds. Petunia seeds are smaller With such small seeds it is ...

Pelleting is a process used to coat tiny or irregularly shaped seeds with an inert material. It’s true that pelleted seeds cost more but, depending on what kind of gardener you are, there can be ...

Early-season vegetables need the cooler temperatures of spring and early fall to grow well. Once it starts getting hot the middle to end of June, they begin to fade away. Many of them are also ...

Pelleted seeds are just normal seeds that have been coated with an inert material to make them larger and rounder for easier planting. The simplest thing to do is just toss it out. Most people choose ...

“Life is a process of planting seeds for the future. This is how Adam (from adama, the Hebrew word for earth) got his name. For the virtue of earth is found in the plants that grow out of it and in ...

The holidays are over, winter is trying to settle in and that means garden planning season. With our social lives taking a slower pace, it’s easier to hear the pile of garden and seed catalogs ...