If you’ve ever planted seeds with big hopes and tiny results, you’re not alone. Many people assume gardening requires grow lights, heat mats, humidity domes, and an entire shelf of gadgets just to get ...

Learn how to start seeds indoors with vermiculite, heat mats and LED light, plus watering, temperature and timing tips for ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Some seeds have hard outer shells that slow or prevent water absorption. Soaking or scarifying (scratching or nicking the seed coat) helps speed up germination and improves ...

Across large parts of northern Tanzania, gully erosion—soil erosion caused by flowing water—is cutting deep scars through ...

McCOOK, Neb. - For the first Coffee Talk of 2026, the Gazette met with Ruby Collins and Samantha Daniel of the University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension offices, ...

The days are getting longer and there’s a hint of spring in the air, so it's time to get outdoors. These are all the garden ...

A motto of independence has led to success for Amity, Ore., farmer and 2026 Top Producer Woman in Agriculture award winner ...

Since the fig forms its fruit on shoots that start to grow in the spring, it can be radically pruned in the winter without affecting the following year’s two crops. The first crop starts to grow in ...

Gardeners, here's a peck of suggestions for learning opportunities and yard activities you should add to your February ...

Publicize your non-profit’s community events, fundraisers and club meetings for free in The Stroller. Send information at least two weeks in advance to [email protected] or The Stroller, 210 Wood ...

Once a seed germinates, it is committed to one location. Plants are sessile—stuck where they started out—forced to cope with ...

Field pennycress could become a valuable winter crop, with benefits for both carbon storage and farm profitability.