Winter Sowing is an inexpensive and easy way to propagate flowers and vegetables from seed in winter. Complete instructions included.
Planting seeds in the winter allows you to get a jump on the growing season and avoid the work of transplanting. Join gardening expert Briana Yablonski as she shares 20 seeds you can direct sow in winter.
How do I know what to sow and when to sow it? What kind of containers can I use? What about watering? Answers to these questions and more.
Last updated on February 19th, 2017 This week, I received the following winter-sowing question from reader Patti: “Hi Kevin – new to gardening and just discovered your winter-sowing method. I haven’t seen in the comments or your articles any general instruction on how many seeds to plant per milk jug . . . do you have a general rule of thumb to apply according to seed size, flower seed, vegetable seed,
My garden plans for 2021 and helpful tips about Winter Sowing. Yes, you can start seeds outside in the cold!
You can make winter sowing greenhouses out of recyclable plastic containers you'd normally throw away. Learn how to choose the best options.
Are you looking forward to gardening season starting again in the spring? You don’t need to wait until spring to start gardening. There are plenty of seeds that you can sow in the fall and winter months for new growth starting in the spring. In this article, gardening expert Liessa Bowen will introduce 25 beautiful native plants that you can start from seed this winter!
As the short, cold days of winter drag on, slowly lengthening, our fingers itch to dig in warm, crumbly soil again. We flip eagerly through seed catalogs and longingly inventory the packets left over from
Frustrated trying to grow vegetables and flowers from seed. Do they dry out or get moldy? Try this cost-effective, fool-proof method: Winter Sowing.
Have you tried the winter sowing method for starting seeds? Have a peek and see some of my Winter Sowing Results!
How do I know what to sow and when to sow it? What kind of containers can I use? What about watering? Answers to these questions and more.
Learn how easy it is to start winter sowing. Winter sowing for beginners. Winter sowing in containers
Winter Sowing is an inexpensive and easy way to propagate flowers and vegetables from seed in winter. Complete instructions included.
What is winter sowing? Follow my tutorial on Winter Sowing in milk jugs as mini-greenhouses to start your seed in winter + free printable!
Ready to start your garden seeds but still have snow outside? Try winter sowing of your seeds and get a head start for a beautiful Spring!
Sowing seeds in August is a gardening task that gives you winter & early spring veg plus early flowers like sweet peas.
If you're curious about which flowers and vegetables are best for winter sowing, look no further. Check out my list of the best seeds to winter sow here.
Some seeds need to go through the process of cold stratification in order to break their dormancy and sprout. Nature will handle this on its own, by overwintering seeds in the ground that were dropped during the growing season. However, we can easily replicate this natural process by winter sowing. This post contains affiliate links
Did you know that there are certain seeds that you can sow outside right now when the temperatures are still cool and there’s still snow on the ground in some parts of the country?
Winter sowing involves sowing the seeds outdoors in miniature greenhouses during the winter, allowing them to germinate naturally in spring.
Winter sowing perennial seeds uses a sowing technique which helps to naturally stratify the seeds in the outdoor growing environment.
What is winter sowing? Follow my tutorial on Winter Sowing in milk jugs as mini-greenhouses to start your seed in winter + free printable!
Lupines can be grown using the winter sowing method. Consider winter sowing lupine seeds, and add these beautiful perennials to your garden.
If you like using homegrown herbs but are tired of planting them annually, read on to discover 23 cold-hardy herbs that survive winter, now on Gardener’s Path.
From when to plant hollyhock seeds, to germination, to storing seeds, this guide makes growing these old-fashioned favorites (Alcea rosea) a little easier.
There are plenty of options for seeds that thrive when sown in late summer. The average first frost date for regions like Lower Mainland BC and neighbouring areas (Sunshine Coast, Gulf Islands, coastal Vancouver Island, Puget Sound, Willamette Valley) is around November 2. That's still about eleven weeks of lush growing time left for us before the cold nips at our unprotected crop. If you're gardening a different region, a quick search engine query with
Sow these flower seeds in fall for beautiful blooms the following spring and summer.
