A technique lets seeds grow freely and cuts down on the pileup of leftover plastic cell packs. Ron DiGravio of Johnny’s Selected Seeds came to soil blocking when he began farming about 15 years ...

If you plant into dry soil, when you go to water the seeds, the water will run off the top and over the sides ... I gently tap the container to pack the soil down without too much force.

Few homes here come with gardens full of that rich, crumbly dark soil that is a gardener’s dream when it comes to growing ...

While there are few vegetables that are perennials, asparagus is an exception. You can plant it once and enjoy it in your ...

The top 1 inch had 11 parts per million - or ... and then rains brought that lead down in the soil, or whether just being in an urban area and right next to the house, that could have been pre ...

The last weekend of February, I made my annual pilgrimage to the Northwest Flower and Garden Festival in downtown Seattle.

He explained that most pollutants are trapped within the top 6 inches of soil and once those 6 inches ... directly adjacent to homes that burned down." Silva noted that lead exposure can cause ...

WE CAN ALL see that the daylight length is getting longer at each end of the day. In less than two weeks, spring officially begins.

add another 1 or 2 inches of soil on top of the new growth. If you plant more than one row of asparagus, space rows 5 feet apart. It is important to keep weed pressure down, especially when a new ...

The full list of exempt players continues to evolve, with LPGA winners and top-ranked players securing their berths in the coming months. "Women’s golf continues to explode in popularity ...

Marta Kostyuk, the top-ranked Ukrainian tennis player in the ... to shut that agency down. After that White House confrontation, Kostyuk said her phone was flooded by American friends and ...