Make potting mix with free materials and use it for seed starting, raised beds, and more. You can make your own potting mix at home using simple ingredients like compost, sand, and shredded leaves.

CORVALLIS — While you’re battling the winter blues, make your own seed-starting mix and plan for the gardening days ahead. Home gardeners can start vegetable and flower seedlings indoors from four to ...

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Many of us are already planning our summer garden. To be prepared, not only are we ordering new types of seed packets, seed trays, and mapping how it'll all possibly fit into our limited garden space, ...

With the right planning, you can start seedlings indoors for hardier plants in the garden. Learn how to germinate seeds quickly, with instructions for seed starting mix and DIY paper pots to get ...

Since you are not a real gardener unless you grow something from seed, and since we are approaching seed-starting season, the one thing we all need is good starting soil. There are a few things to ...

The loyal reader knows I am a firm believer that you are not really a gardener unless you start from seed at least one of the plants in your garden. Sure, you can buy a tomato plant that is full-grown ...

The use of food waste compost in gardening presents a viable alternative to commercial potting mixes, balancing sustainability and plant health.

You can make your own potting mix at home using simple ingredients like compost, sand, and shredded leaves. Compost adds nutrients while wood chips and rocks help your mix drain well and keep plant ...