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Poppies growing in a garden bed, with delicate green leaves and vibrant red flowers in full bloom.

Poppy: Sow and Grow Guide

Tomatoes Fruiting in Late Season

Tomatoes: Late Season Harvest and Storage Techniques

Colorful flower mix in the garden with blooming poppies, cosmos, borage, and other varieties.

Flower Mixes: Sow and Grow Guide

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Featured Reads

Ornamentals

A close-up of vibrant yellow sunflowers against a clear blue sky, with detailed petals, a textured center, and a few broad leaves.

Ornamental Gardening

Everything’s Coming up Sunflowers

Pink and purple flowers grow together, creating a vibrant and creative color combination.

Ornamental Gardening

Creative Color Combinations

Close-up of a field of wildflowers featuring colorful poppies, calendulas, and cornflowers.

Ornamental Gardening

Stop and Enjoy the Wildflowers

A female gardener holds a vase filled with a bouquet of cut flowers, including roses, hydrangeas, and chrysanthemums.

Ornamental Gardening

Have a Bloomin’ Year!

A field of blooming sunflowers under a blue sky.

Ornamental Gardening

Sunflower: Tips for Growing Tall Sunflowers

Milkweed plant growing in a garden bed, with broad green leaves and clusters of pink flowers.

Ornamental Gardening

Milkweed: Sow and Grow Guide

Garden DIY

Wool fibers in various colors, dyed with natural dyes, hang from a loom.

Natural Dye for Wool Fiber

A florist arranges flowers into a wedding bouquet, carefully arranging blooms and greenery.

DIY Wedding Flowers

A woman holds milkweed seeds in her palms, with the seeds and silky fibers gently spread out.

Enchanted Milkweed Light

Small plant sprouts are growing in paper pots outdoors, placed on a wooden surface.

Sowing in Paper Pots

Herbes de Provence blend of dried herbs including savory, marjoram, rosemary, thyme, oregano, and lavender leaves in a blue ceramic bowl.

Herbes de Provence

Gift tags adorned with delicate pink flowers and green leaves, each tag has a simple, elegant design.

Seed Packet Gift Tags

Seed Starting

A female gardener holds a bouquet of freshly cut deep red zinnias and blue pruning shears.

10 Easy Cutting Flowers to Direct Sow

A close-up of a thermometer stuck into dark brown soil measuring the temperature for successful seed germination.

Soil Temperature for Higher Germination

A raised wooden bed with growing cabbage, carrots, various types of lettuce, and other plants.

10 Tips for Beginning a Seed Garden

Close-up of young seed sprouts with thin stems and pairs of oval cotyledons growing in dark brown soil.

Seed Starting Basics

Sprouted pepper seeds in a peat starting tray, showcasing early growth and successful germination.

Getting the Best Germination

Close-up of water spinach seedlings sprouting from moist, dark brown soil, with tender green leaves emerging.

Germination Issues and Troubleshooting