The 2025 UMass Garden Calendar comes out every fall, just as we are putting our gardens to bed for the winter. As always, the ...

I’ve seen various cold stratification methods for seeds, including using empty milk containers, buckets, and ice cube trays.

This month I want to highlight a late-blooming perennial, the aster. We have had asters in our garden for a while, but last ...

With seed tape, seeds are placed on biodegradable paper at the ideal spacing, so you can simply place the tape in the soil ...

When used as a soil additive, Epsom salt can help to keep plants looking healthy and growing strong. Can it provide similar ...

White flowers of white heath aster ... to seed ensures they make new plants, gaining a foothold in the area while keeping ...

The best time to plant bluebonnet seeds are from Sept. 1-Dec. 15, and for the best results plant before mid-November. Planting seeds during the fall to early winter months gives the seeds time to ...

You may be wanting to get some grass seed down before the first frost hits. If so, we explain whether or not November is too ...