Before planting the seeds, make sure the soil is nice and damp. The potting mix is usually dry when it's coming right from the package. Dry soil doesn't absorb water as easily as moist soil, so it ...

Bonus: If you’ve got kids, get them to help ... What Does It Mean to Sow Seeds? Sowing seeds simply means scattering them where they have a chance to germinate. This could be outdoors on ...

Seed sowing is a great example of this. Even if you only want to sow one tray with two dozen or so seeds, you still have to fill the tray with soil, level it off, compress it evenly, and poke all ...

Nearly 90 Chelsea Community Preschoolers dug into seed-sowing fun at Chelsea Senior Center on April 23 and 24 for the annual ...

Fork over the soil two or three weeks before sowing to encourage the weed seeds in the soil to germinate. They can then be hoed off before sowing crops. Remove the first flush of weeds.

During the garden's Guardians of the Green & Seed Swap event, kids learned more about seeds and trees by planting acorns, embarking on a scavenger hunt, and getting a special visit from the Lorax.

Place at least 2 seeds in the soil, and cover the seeds lightly with a small amount of soil. How much soil do you need to bury them? Here's a tip: Use the width of the seed as a guide. For example ...