Choose seeds that have been packaged for fresh sprouts. Food grade seeds have been tested for salmonella and E. coli. You can ...

Think winter is too early to start sowing vegetable and herb seeds outdoors? Not for all of them! While heat-loving crops ...

Sprouting grains and seeds is easy and fun. The health benefits are well worth the extra work. You can sprout wheat berries, barley, buckwheat, alfalfa, sesame seeds, and flax seeds, to name a few.

Did you know some seeds need the cold before sprouting? There are many herbs, flowers, and tree seeds that need it.

Did you know some seeds like, and even need, the cold before sprouting? Seeds can have various types of dormancy requirements ...

Pre-sprouting has the advantage of getting sluggish seeds to germinate faster than they would out in the garden. Parsley, for instance, germinates very slowly; it's said to need to travel to hell and ...

In the flower section, you’ll find seeds of the hollyhocks that prairie settlers planted around their outhouses (known as ...

Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy. When ...

Seasonal Affective Disorder, better known as SAD, is the type of depression that comes with the change of seasons. The gray days of January and February in Michigan are prime time for attacks of these ...

While our elementary school science classes may have taught us the basics about seeds and how to plant them, if you’ve gotten into gardening as an adult, you’ve probably figured out that there’s ...

Then, the sudden arrival of warm spring weather triggers the seed to break dormancy and begin germinating. If you missed the ...