The URI Master Gardeners’ seed incubator initiative plays a vital role in supplying plants to community gardens across the state. Last year alone, URI Master Gardeners successfully nurtured over ...

It’s spring, and a gardener’s fancy turns to thoughts of plants and soil and sunshine and fertilizer and SEEDS! Seeds are the biggest (actually, they’re very tiny!) and most important part of ...

Each spring gardeners are planning for the best garden ever. Unfortunately, it’s hard to get started with a good plan when the long list of terms on seed packets is so confusing, making it impossible ...

Recent cool weather and rainy days may have prevented gardeners from planting sweet corn by the recommended start dates of early to mid-May. But you can still plant by June 15 to enjoy sweet corn late ...

Starting a garden can be one of the most rewarding experiences for both novice and intermediate gardeners alike. It’s not just about planting flowers or vegetables; it’s about nurturing life and ...

Last year we did an article about how to read a plant label. We realized that we also are asked about how to pick the seeds for West Texas and what the seed type means. All seeds are a flowering plant ...

DENVER — More and more people are learning how to start flowers and vegetables from seed. It takes patience and practice. The first step is reading the seed packets to figure out when the seeds should ...

We know it is January and the beginning of a new garden season because the seed catalogs are arriving. We love to dream over them and begin to make our lists. For me, it feels like being a kid once ...

Dear Master Gardener: I started bell pepper seeds last spring. I’ve got beautiful plants, but the peppers that are showing up are yellow and shaped more like jalapeños than bell peppers. What happened ...