QUESTION: What is the secret to germinating lettuce? I keep planting seeds and nothing happens. ANSWER: I don’t know of any secrets, but lettuce germinates best in moist soil at 79 degrees. Depending ...

Nothing tests a gardener’s patience quite like staring at a patch of dirt that refuses to do anything exciting. Some seeds crawl out of the ground at a snail’s pace, while others burst into action so ...

Growing your own vegetables is one way to save money at the checkout.

Summer heat waves don't mean then end of the lettuce-growing season when you plant these picks. Say goodbye to bitter summer ...

We can grow some of our food inside our house here in winter. Lettuce and other greens are a good place to start. Some vegetables need the blazing hot sun of Michigan’s summer to produce nice food. A ...

A big salad is the easy way to fix dinner in the summer, but buying endless heads of lettuce at the grocery store gets pricey, especially when growing your own harvest at home is practically foolproof ...