Articles

• Companion Planting, Explained

  What actually holds up about companion planting, what's folklore, and how to use it without overthinking your garden layout.

• Indoor Seed Starting 101

  Why start seeds indoors at all, and the four things that actually determine whether they sprout: warmth, light, moisture, and timing.

• Square Foot Gardening Basics

  The spacing system behind our Garden Designer: why a grid of one-foot squares beats traditional rows for most home gardens.

• Starting a Vegetable Garden: The First Five Decisions

  Before you buy a single seed packet, these five decisions determine whether your first vegetable garden thrives or fizzles out by July.

• Understanding USDA Zones and Frost Dates

  What a USDA hardiness zone actually measures, why it's not the whole story, and where our zone 10 data comes from.