Now is the time when many of us are busy ordering seeds. We often end up with many seeds, some new ones we needed or wanted and perhaps a few duplicates of those we have left from past seasons. It is ...

January might seem like an unlikely time to begin a flower garden, yet there’s real excitement in sowing seeds when the days are still short and cold. It’s a wonderful way of looking ahead to ...

Sexual reproduction involves pollen from one flower fertilising the egg of another to produce a seed. Only one parent is needed in asexual reproduction and the offspring are exact copies.

Could you give me some suggestions of how and when to do this? You can start vegetable and flower plants from seed in a sunny, south-facing window. West- or east-facing windows can also be used.

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 ...