Forget plastic seed trays and root-bound seedlings. Soil blocking is a revered, time-tested method that produces the ...

Some things just work well together. Peanut butter and jelly. Bacon and eggs. Wine and cheese. And when we step out of the ...

There's nothing like watching the world finally come back to life in the spring. Here's how to get your garden ready for the ...

Seed starting mix or planting mix. To make your soil blocks, first you’ll need ... greenhouse surfaces or even affect the health of the plants you bring in. Also, take a few minutes to hose ...

We’ve all certainly confronted another unwanted result of conventional seed-sowing methods: the pileup of leftover plastic cell packs better skipped in the name of the environment.

If you are new to outdoor sowing, it’s worth conducting a soil test to determine what kind of soil you have so that you can ...

Use a garden fork or tiller to loosen the soil. Start at one end of the garden bed and work your way to the other end, working in rows. Insert the garden fork or tiller into the soil and twist it back ...

I recently got a question from a reader about where to get good soil and compost. Part of her request was for “organic” soil ...

To get an accurate soil sample, dig down to where the plant roots will be, and take eight to 10 samples across your gardening ...

One pushback against both issues is to become a soil-blocking convert, learning to form trays of free-standing cubes of compressed germinating mix to sow into instead. For many gardeners and ...