This is the time of year one starts thinking about planning their garden for the coming season and maybe trying something a little different this year. I have been enjoying mung beans in the sprouted ...

Crunchy and cooling, sprouts are an all-star ingredient in everything from banchan and bánh xèo to California veggie sandwiches. They’re also surprisingly easy to grow at home. While the idea of ...

Ever seen a beansprout coming out of their seeds? Check out this 12-days time lapse of 5 little sprouts and their journey ...

In terms of vegetables worth planting in your home garden, Brussels sprouts are a reliable bet: They’re fairly easy to grow, and benefit from being placed alongside certain companion plants. Companion ...

Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...

Help children discover how plants sprout through an easy seed-growing activity that builds curiosity, patience and a natural interest in the world around them.

I’ve been busy planting several varieties of beans. Can they cross-pollinate? The regular Phaseolus vulgaris beans may cross, even pole beans to bush beans or vice versa. But others I’ve been planting ...

School's back in session, the days are getting shorter, and fall decor is already tempting us from store shelves. If you don't have Labor Day plans this year, make it a gardening weekend for planting ...

This cold weather is giving me the itch to do some seed starting. Especially since I’ve chosen to pretty much shelter in place until the recent COVID-19 outbreak dies down. But it’s way too early to ...