Have you ever gotten frustrated trying to plant small seeds directly into your garden or thin-out plantings of radishes, carrots or beets? Well, here is an idea you might want to try. Why not prepare ...

Carrots may seem like one of the simplest vegetables to grow, but they can be surprisingly fussy. The number-one culprit? Soil. Carrots need loose, sandy, stone-free soil so their roots can grow long ...

It has been more than 20 years since I have used a seed tape. Next spring, however, I just might buy a couple and use them in my vegetable garden. Why? The availability of numerous vegetable varieties ...

Does homemade seed tape work? Check out this method to create your own DIY seed tape to sow more rows in less time and keep straight rows. Seed tape is a long strip of paper with pre-spaced seeds ...

Several gardeners have asked about seed tapes. What are they? Why would anyone use them? Can they be made at home? Seed tapes are strips of dissolving or quickly decomposing material that have ...

It's still too early to start seeds; but it's not too early to start planning. Garden catalogs are either on your desk already or in the mail. Whether you're a beginner or experienced gardener, ...

Question: I am browsing seed catalogs for the upcoming gardening season. Can you explain some terms for me? What is ‘treated seed’? How about ‘pelleted seed’? And then there’s ‘seed tape.’ Please ...

Last week I planted my fall garden, and just in time too! All this fall like rain is just what those seeds need to germinate and pop out of the ground. In this season’s garden, I used something a ...

Did you know instead of sticking seeds individually into the ground or haphazardly throwing them into the earth you could roll them out on tissue paper to plant them right where you want them? Well, ...

I’ve recently noticed them being offered for sale in many of the new 2014 seed catalogs. Apparently, they’ve been around for some time. Although I’ve never used them, they certainly have piqued my ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Sophie takes the challenge out of planting very small seeds, and shows us how to make our own seed tape ...

If you want to plant tiny seeds such as lettuce or carrots you're probably better off using seed tape than trying to plant them by hand. Seed tape is a roll of biodegradable paper "tape" that is ...