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This image provided by Jeff Lowenfels shows flats of sweet peas grown from seed, some in recycled egg cartons, on March 23, 2023, in Anchorage, Alaska. The longer days of spring make this a good time to start plants from seed, either indoors or outdoors. (Jeff Lowenfels via AP)

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Planting a garden from seed is easy and can start now
By JEFF LOWENFELS - Associated Press
Tue,03/28/23-7:20AM , 69 Reads
The catalogs have been thumbed through, and the seed racks are sprouting like weeds at local nurseries and garden centers.
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Poinsettias appear on display at a nursery in Larchmont, N.Y. on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. The trick to poinsettias is keeping them alive through the holiday season. That starts with keeping them warm, even on the trip home from the store. (AP Photo/Julia Rubin)

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5 plants that say `holiday season,' and how to care for them
By JEFF LOWENFELS - Associated Press
Tue,12/06/22-7:19AM , 87 Reads
Holiday horticulture tends to revolve around the same handful of plants. So if you don’t already have any or all of these five holiday plants, now is the time to get them:

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This image provided by Jeff Lowenfels, shows a young gardener looking over flats of pansies and other spring plants at a nursery. Taking children to a plant nursery and letting them see and smell the plants – and take one home – is a good way to encourage an early interest in gardening. (Jeff Lowenfels via AP)

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Want kids to love gardening? Give them a job, seeds, a pass
By JEFF LOWENFELS - Associated Press
Tue,03/29/22-7:21AM , 140 Reads
Gardeners are made, not born. If you want your children to become enthusiastic gardeners, take steps early to get them going down the proverbial path.

It isn’t difficult, but it might require an adjustment to your attitude about children in the garden.
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This image provided by Jeff Lowenfels shows healthy cell packs of flower starts for sale on May 1, 2017. (Jeff Lowenfels via AP)

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Gardening: Shop wisely when buying 'starts,' or seedlings
By JEFF LOWENFELS - Associated Press
Tue,03/15/22-11:37AM , 130 Reads
Many gardeners don’t start all their plants from seed. We buy “starts,” or seedlings — nursery-grown plants to transplant into our gardens and containers.

These mostly consist of annuals and vegetables in plastic cell packs of four or six plants each. Many people also buy starts in individual containers.
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