Enjoy a harvest earlier in the season by getting these veggies started indoors at the right time.

Indy Officinalis talks starting seeds indoors with grow lights. She troubleshoots stunted seedlings, shares when to put light on germinated seeds, and more! In Episode 202 of Mother Earth News and ...

Key Take Aways Slow-growing, long-season vegetables benefit most from being started indoors.Start tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, onions, cauliflower, and celery indoors 8–12 weeks before your last frost ...

Grow lights are worth it. Relying on sunlight can result in weak, leggy plants. Starting plants indoors can give you access to more interesting cultivars while saving you money. Here are seed-starting ...

Seed starting can be a finicky business, but these 7 veggie and flower all-stars are a cinch to start indoors in late winter or spring. If you live in a climate with a short growing season, starting ...

Getting a jump start on your garden feels exciting—but timing is everything. Start seeds too early and you’ll end up with tall, tangled seedlings taking over your windowsills. Start too late and you ...

For many vegetable gardeners, this is perhaps the best season of the year—seed catalog season! Since the first week of January, colorful seed catalogs have begun to appear in my mailbox just as links ...

Starting seeds indoors is a great way to get a head start on spring planting while saving money on buying full-grown plants. But lighting strong enough to nurture your baby seedlings can be pricey. A ...

Many vegetable gardeners get a jump on the growing season by starting their own seeds indoors and February is the time to begin seeding cool-season crops such as onions, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, ...

The top tips on what to sow (and where) this month ...