When I moved to central Virginia 25 years ago, my gardening neighbors believed that lettuce couldn’t be grown in winter. I set out to prove that we could indeed produce a continuous supply of salad ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

It’s February, it’s cold, and it’s time to get out in your garden and plant! Now! I’ve been on a three-year journey learning to winter sow my vegetable garden the lazy way. Now I’ll share what I’ve ...

Starting seeds inside under lights isn’t the only way to get young plants growing ahead of our frost-free growing season. A lot of gardeners are discovering the little-known option of “winter-sowing,” ...

September is a bountiful time in a vegetable garden, and some may regard it as a period when the plot is winding down after the summer peak. The reality is that it is a fabulous time to sow crops and ...

Winter sowing vegetable, herb, and flower seeds can add weeks to months to your growing season, save you space and money, and increase the variety of plants in your garden. But exactly when should you ...

Think winter is too early to start sowing vegetable and herb seeds outdoors? Not for all of them! While heat-loving crops like tomatoes don’t tolerate chilly temperatures one bit, many cold-weather ...

We tend to think of spring as the main vegetable planting season, but that rules out all the opportunities for growing fresh produce in fall. The warm soil, cooler weather, and plentiful moisture ...

Join Mark from Self Sufficient Me for a detailed winter vegetable garden tour in a subtropical climate. Discover how his ...