Winter Sowing is a method of starting seeds outdoors, in the winter! It is best for seeds that need to be stratified (a short cold period) in order to germinate. By winter sowing you are taking ...

Proctor's Garden: Winter seed sowing You don’t have to have a large garden space to grow many of these plants. By using a large pot or plastic container you can do this on a deck or patio.

We winter sow, of course! Winter sowing is precisely what its name suggests: sowing seeds during the winter months. Technically, any seed dispersal after late fall can be considered winter sowing.

Winter sown containers are meant to live outside in the cold, watered by rain and snow. So before you plant, find a sheltered place in your yard that is safe from marauding squirrels, heavy winds ...

Curious about winter sowing? Here's how to set seeds for success Helen Vanella, Master Gardeners of Greene County Special to the News-Leader 0:04 ...

Winter sowing is great for starting milkweed seeds since they need to go through a winter before they will sprout. This is called cold stratification. Winter sowing also works for other seeds that ...

You and your seeds can hit the ground running in the spring with these growing tips. When growing plants you have a couple ...

Winter sowing dates vary with the growing climate, individual gardener, and seed variety you are planting. Try starting hardy perennials and self-seeding annuals sometime winter through early spring.

What gardeners do over winter break This round of seeding lands us solidly in fall, which means that after the above tasks are taken care of, I’ll be taking a break from sowing until February.

During the last few weeks of winter, you can do what’s called frost seeding for some types of seeds. To frost seed, you broadcast seeds on frozen, snow-covered ground.

“Be aware of double dormancy plants,” they said. “Bellwort may be one. Native lupine was very [successful] with winter sowing, and this will be the third year so maybe they will bloom.

Dormant-seeded grass (i.e. grass planted in late fall or winter) can survive to germinate in spring, although at a rate lower than spring- or early-fall-planted grass seed.