Most of us buy a bag of lentils or a container of oats, toss them in a pot, and move on. It works fine. But there's a quiet ...

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 ...

Grow your own peach tree with this step-by-step guide.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...