Containers for starting seedlings can be drinking cups, cottage cheese and yogurt containers as well as commercial plant trays and coir fiber pots. Use a fine texture soil mix for your starter soil.

This "Fox & Friends Weekend" segment features gardening experts Vicky and Mickey Popat sharing essential spring gardening tips. They discuss optimal planting times, effective container gardening ...

Getting started with container gardening? Here are 10 essential tips for growing beautiful and successful container gardens.

Before planting anything in a garden, the soil should be tested. This provides information about soil pH and plant nutrient levels in the soil and allows a gardener to know ...

Q. I consider myself a back porch gardener. The porch is quite large, facing a southwest direction. This summer, due to lack of rain, I would spend five minutes a day watering the buckets. The two ...

Get a jumpstart on the gardening season by starting seeds indoors. If you've never grown anything from seed, it's easy to write the idea off as difficult or labor-intensive, but that couldn't be ...

Q. Last year I made a small attempt at growing mainly vegetables and a few flowers in containers. I still have questions: ...

It won't be long until we can invite family and friends over for this year's first garden party. So it's time to start thinking about patio and garden appointments, such as plant containers. Virtually ...

Tammy Sons is the CEO of TN Nursery and an expert plant advisor who studied Horticulture. She enjoys her family, the outdoors and nature. Spring is the gardening industry’s busiest season. At TN ...

Gardeners in Eastern North Carolina typically see their last frost between late March and mid-April. While many areas, including Goldsboro and Wayne County, are often safe to plant by early April, ...