Almond or Badam is one of the earliest cultivated trees, mainly popular for their seeds. The seeds of almonds are enclosed within a hard, stony shell surrounded with succulent pulp,…
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Carrots are best grown in sandy, well prepared soil which has been previously manured at least 6 months before you decide to sow your seeds (don’t worry if you have…
Collecting carrot seeds is fairly easy. Producing them takes a lot of work. Carrots will not seed until their second year of growth, so they must be dug and kept…
Starting onions from seeds is simple. Greg Speichert, Director of Hilltop Gardens, shows the differences between onion seeds, sets and transplants, and he demonstrates the first steps in planting onion…
Onion seeds are not usually difficult to grow or to collect. The only thing to keep in mind is that onions are a biennial, meaning that they seed once every…
Growing flowers from seeds is a fun and economic way to transform your garden into a personal haven. No more wasted trips to the local gardening nursery only to discover…
Collect seeds from flowers by waiting until the plant is done blooming and then gather the seed pods before it starts to rain and freeze at night. Hold on to…
Every gardener knows that buying plants is a very expensive business. Luckily, nature has a very clever way of enabling us to keep our costs down as it is entirely…
The African marigold (Tagetes erecta) has the largest flowers of all the marigold varieties. The flowers are commonly 3 to 4 inches in diameter; when compared to the 2-inch flowers…
Marigolds are annuals common in the home garden. They are propagated from seed, which can be obtained from most garden centres, or you can harvest them from your garden. Note,…