In Grow a Garden, you'll buy seeds, plant them, harvest them, and sell your produce. You'll then repeat the cycle all over again. Though the process sounds simple enough, some seeds are only available ...

Tomatoes are the best thing about late spring and early summer markets. Seeing large heirlooms in multiple colors lining stands is exciting for customers and farmers alike. Tomatoes should be started ...

The Illinois Extension Master Gardener Seed Expo will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at the College of Lake County Grayslake campus, Building F, 19351 W. Washington St. The free ...

Homegrown chickpeas could be on the menu for future astronauts. With help from compost and symbiotic fungi, chickpea plants grow and produce seeds in simulated lunar dirt, researchers report March 5 ...

Transforming a bare patch of soil into one bursting with color and petals is exciting. Starting with seedlings may not be as appealing, especially if you're on a tight budget or covering a large ...

More and more gardeners are discovering the pleasure of growing their own cut flowers. Imagine harvesting a regular supply of bright, boldly colored flowers you grew yourself. Even a simple bunch of ...

Ginger is a tropical plant that can be grown in containers or garden beds in cooler climates like Greater Columbus. Purchase ginger rhizomes from a nursery or online source, as grocery store ginger is ...

In-pot growing time lapse of a gazania flower plant from a seed to flowers. The gazania seed was randomly chosen from a mixed-colors seed package and planted in a pot. It germinated after 6 days. The ...

Time-lapse of germinating and growing a mango tree from store-bought mango's seed. We bought a small ripen mango from the local grocery. After removing all the flesh, the bare seed was carved out of ...