Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the depths of winter, looking through a seed catalog is the gardener’s equivalent of planning a summer vacation—a chance to ...

Design your own seed packets for sharing or selling treasured heirloom seeds. Creating personalized seed packets can add a unique touch when gifting seeds. Learn how one reader made customized packets ...

Planting seeds sounds straightforward and, frankly, it should be: Buy a seed, plant it, add water and watch it grow. But one look at the back of a jargon-filled seed packet can have you spewing ...

Ready to let your green thumb flourish? Instead of buying plants from a nursery, you could just buy seed packets. That might sound a little intimidating to amateur growers, but the pay-off of watching ...

Growing plants directly from seed is cost efficient and gives you complete control of the entire growing process. But all the information packed on such a tiny envelope can be confusing. Let’s ...

The seed racks are returning to stores, a sure sign Alaska has entered the indoor part of the 2026 gardening season. You know my fear: After a long, long Alaska winter, seeing packets with beautiful ...

One spring day on his way home from work, Edgar A. Guest, a renowned Detroit columnist during the early half of the 20th century who was also Michigan's Poet Laureate, stopped by the hardware store to ...

A seed packet may be small, but it speaks volumes. While seed catalogs promote thousands of types of plants, seed packets tell gardeners how to grow one. All the information is printed on the back of ...

Depending on where you store them and what types of seeds they contain, your old, dog-eared seed packets may or may not be worth using this season. Seeds are alive, but they do not live forever.

Seeds cost more every year. Garden centers stack those bright packets near the checkout line like candy, and each spring the cart fills up again. But a thriving garden already holds next year's supply ...

Garden seeds can be stored for a few years if stored properly, but this easy hack can double their shelf life — and you may ...