Urban Gardening: Small Spaces, Big Results
Nan Chase, Asheville North Carolina: It is easy to dismiss gardening dreams when the space you have at home is limited. However, urban gardening is possible and can bring you...
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How to Grow Big Sweet Potatoes: Soil, Spacing, and Yield Tips
Learning how to grow sweet potatoes successfully comes down to understanding how sweet potatoes grow. This crop is in the morning glory family - a vining, often tenacious plant, that...
Growing Herbs from Seed
Nan Chase, Asheville North Carolina- Growing your own herb garden from seed is both cost effective and provides an new challenge for the home gardener.
July in the Garden: Harvesting, Watering and Looking Ahead
July is a busy time in the garden-- for the plants, the bugs, and you! Learn how to harvest wise and grow wise at the summer's peak.
The Top Six Greens to Grow this Summer
Here is a list of summer greens that can stand the heat and taste delicious!
June in the Garden
June is a time of progression in the garden, a time to catch up on weeding, work on pest control, and maybe even try foraging.
Try Your Hand at Growing Ground Cherries!
Also known as husk cherries, this fruit related to a tomato, tastes like a pineapple! A garden treat, shaped like a chinese paper lantern.
Cilantro Bolting: Grow Cilantro and Let it Bolt!
Did you ever try growing cilantro, only to have it bolt quickly to seed? So what! I say, let it bolt.
Tips for a Pollinator Friendly Garden
Choose the right plants for your garden and you will be delighted with beautiful butterflies and cheerfully buzzing bees and participating in habitat conservation!
Demystifying the Tomato: Determinate vs Indeterminate Varieties
This article guides you through the difference between determinate and indeterminate tomatoes and which are the best varieties to grow.
The Great Milkweed Germination Test
One of the best ways to attract monarch butterflies to your garden and help reverse their declining numbers is to plant milkweed.
Choose the Best Onions for Your Garden: Short Day vs. Long Day
Latitude matters when you're growing onions ! Here's the difference between growing onions in southern and northern gardens.
Daikon Radish Improves the Winter Garden
Daikons are good for much more than eating! The large roots work over winter to break up heavy soil.
Saving Seed and Saving our Future
Plough to Pantry features an article on our seed saving mission here at Sow True Seed.
Planting Seeds in Winter and Cold Stratification
When we plant in mid-winter, we are taking advantage of the cold and wet conditions to help break down seeds for us, for easy germination come spring.