Gardening Tips

Extend your growing season and harvest repeatedly with succession planting.

Make gardening easier with the gardening planning app From Seed to Spoon. Here's what you'll get.

Herbs are a wonderful way to add extra nutrients and delicious flavor into your meals.

Easily grow these 4 herbs when you follow our top tips.

Tips for combating those pesky garden pests for a generous crop and healthy plants.

A well-planned rock garden can become the best focal point in your yard. Learn which plants to add to your rock garden in this guide.

There is nothing more delicious than a strawberry picked right from the garden and eaten while still warm from the sun. Learn when to plant strawberries here!

Not sure where to begin with your spring garden clean up? Check out this guide for every spring cleaning tip you need.

Planting your pollinator garden is fun and easy when you use collages for planning, layout, and desing.

A key step to successfully transitioning your indoor plant starts to the garden.

Coleus is one of the most versatile shade-loving plants out there. Learn more about growing coleus in this guide.

Have questions? We have answers. Fertilizer types, ingredients and knowing what your plants need.

Your county's Cooperative Extension is your local, go-to place for help on yard and garden issues.

Transplant seedlings from a seedbed or tray by gently loosening the soil around them and easing them out, roots and all. Do not handle seedling stems.

Perennial groundcover plants can greatly improve the quality of the garden by helping suppress weeds, retain soil moisture, and shade plant roots.

Park Seed offers a Glossary of Garden Terms to help home gardeners understand the instructions for germinating seeds, growing plants, and tending the garden

Remember to prepare the soil, learn the sun/shade exposure, label your plants, sow more seeds than you need, mulch, feed, and water your garden.

Seedlings are ready to set out when they have 2 sets of leaves, roots are showing, or they reach 2-4 inches high. Water and mulch them well at planting.

Fall is the best time to start preparing your soil for next year's summer garden and amending your garden soil. Amend with compost, manure, and nutrients.

Canning is the perfect way to preserve your summer, fall, and winter garden. This quick and easy read will help you begin your canning process.

Are you ready to begin composting? Use these tips for successful composting that's beneficial for the garden.

You can garden nearly anywhere and that includes your apartment or city home. Small space is no problem when you plant the right plants in the right place.

Keeping your pollinator garden in top shape will ensure you continue to attract and feed beneficial pollinators. Try these tips for maintaining your pollinator garden.

The purpose of fertilizing the garden is to replace soil nutrients or amend deficient soil. The primary ingredients are nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium.

Gardening has many health benefits but also several costs as well. Luckily a few little tweaks of habit will maximize the good while reducing the bad.

We love our pets and spending time outside with them during warm summer days is a treat for us too. Use these tips to make sure your garden is pet friendly.

Design a hummingbird friendly garden in an open, sunny spot with a good variety of nectar-bearing plants, a water source, and nearby shrubs for shelter.

In a race for most hated things in a garden squirrels and weeds are tied for first place. Find out how to rid yourself these fluffy tailed devils for good!

It's easy to set up birdhouses for nesting and sheltering birds in your garden by following a few simple guidelines about location and weather protection.

Grow a rain garden beneath a downspout or other area where rainfall collects in the garden. Many plants love growing with "wet feet" in boggy or damp soils!

We rely on bees for so many reasons, why not create a special space for them in our gardens? It's easy, rewarding, and your garden will thank you.

Bring butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds into the garden while repelling destructive bugs with this economical herb mix from seed!

Have pests in the garden but don't want to use non-organic insceticide? Try these tips for controlling pests in your organic garden.

An organic garden is raised with as few "man-made" or synthetic chemicals as possible instead using natural products like compost.

Organic gardening is a philosophy of gardening that supports the health of the whole system and includes use of natural methods and fertilizers.

With sustainable gardening, the end goal is to make your gardening efforts more symbiotic with the environment around you.

Getting ready for spring can make the workload lighter and planting season much more enjoyable. These 10 tips will help prepare you for spring gardening.

Redoing the front foundation planting takes some planning, but it's sure to add curb appeal to the home. Here are four things to consider when planting.

Every gardener has plants that can't survive the lower temperatures of winter. Here are eight ideas to help you winter your garden favorites.

Need to shop for a nature lover? Our team reveals 10 gift ideas that are perfect for any outdoor adventurer from the backyard to beyond. Click to read more.

Permaculture is a more sustainable method of gardening. The overall idea of permaculture is to garden smarter, working with nature instead of against it.

An Herb Garden in any form has numerous benefits for you and your environment including havng fresh herbs readily available and more variety.

Indoor gardening is a way to continue gardening in colder weather and to start seedlings for next spring's garden. Choices include herbs and vegetables.

Many foods that you enjoy can be created and canned at home. It's important to make sure that you are canning your foods safely.

Fall or cool weather crops include leafy greens, lettuce, kale, cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, carrots, brussel sprouts, and turnips.

Herbs are easy to start indoors and then transplant into the garden in spring. Here are five popular herbs and how to grow them.

Gardening is an excellent way for people of all ages to experience nature, grow food and get some outdoor time away from the screens and digital games.

Raised bed gardening is growing in popularity, and we've got the instructions you need to build the perfect raised bed for your garden.

There's more benefits to gardening than just fresh food. You might be surprised to know they extend to health, wellness and friendship.

A successful compost pile needs four ingredients: nitrogen, carbon, water and oxygen. We'll teach you how to make the perfect compost pile for your garden.

Germinating seeds is easier than you may think. Here, we'll make sure you have everything you need to grow strong, healthy seedlings for your garden.

Deer are determined to get at their food sources including your plants, herbs, flowers and more! Here are just a few ideas that can keep deer far away from your yard and garden beds.

Protect your plants from Rabbits. Rabbits are cute but they can destroy your garden. Here are a few ideas to keep rabbit damage to a minimum.

Growing herbs takes time and effort. Learn how to keep using your fresh herbs all year round and continue to enjoy the fruits (or herbs) of your labor!

Gardening is fun but also takes a certain amount of time and effort to make it look its best. With time at a premium, this is a list of 10 flowers that can be grown easily, having few needs or maintenance issues. With these plants in your garden, you will have less work and more time to enjoy what you created.

Fresh herbs can be stored up to two or even three weeks if done properly. Here, you can learn about tender and hard herbs and how to store both.

Selling only non-GMO seeds is important to us, your garden and the planet. Here, we talk about the effects of GMOs and why we only offer non-GMO seeds.

Park Seed can teach you how to compost to improve your soil and fertilize your plants, and it has all the supplies you'll need to start.

Growing an organic garden is challenging, as pests attack vegetable, herb, and flower plants. Use simple natural steps to keep soil rich and plants healthy.

What light is best for your plants? Sunlight and artificial lights both have their advantages and drawbacks; knowing the difference is the key to success.

From happiness to relaxation, gardening has the ability to cultivate so many emotions and allow you to get back in touch with nature.

The first article in our new series on Pollinators and why they are important. Horticulturalist Ann Barklow shares her knowledge and tips on how you can help your pollinators.

Trap crops are plants that attract pests, keeping them away from more desirable ornamentals and vegetables nearby. Useful in the pesticide-free garden.

Insufficient light can cause seedlings to stretch and become weak. However, they can be re-potted and placed under grow lights to recover before transplant.

Native Irish plants and modern varieties of the species make splendid garden choices for American gardens. Learn about 12 of the best.

Learn how to make your garden healthier come spring with this helpful winter pruning guide.

Help achieve a zero-waste lifestyle and learn how to do your own indoor composting this season.