Seed tape is a method of preparing seeds for planting that reduces the amount of time spent bending over the ground. Kansas State University horticulture expert Matt McKernan said seed ...

Sophie takes the challenge out of planting very small seeds, and shows us how to make our own seed tape at home – a fantastic activity for a rainy winters’ day. Not everyone is a garden perfectionist, ...

Youth gardening helps kids learn math, art and ownership through hands-on projects like seed tapes, salad boxes and cut ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carrots may seem like one of the simplest vegetables to grow, but they can be surprisingly fussy. The number-one culprit? Soil.

Many of the vegetables we like to grow in nice, neat rows come from tiny seeds that make planting precise rows very difficult. The seeds are hard to handle, wash away easily, and need heavy thinning ...

Question: I am browsing seed catalogs for the upcoming gardening season. Can you explain some terms for me? What is ‘treated seed’? How about ‘pelleted seed’? And then there’s ‘seed tape.’ Please ...

Several gardeners have asked about seed tapes. What are they? Why would anyone use them? Can they be made at home? Seed tapes are strips of dissolving or quickly decomposing material that have ...

Does homemade seed tape work? Check out this method to create your own DIY seed tape to sow more rows in less time and keep straight rows. Seed tape is a long strip of paper with pre-spaced seeds ...

If you want to plant tiny seeds such as lettuce or carrots you're probably better off using seed tape than trying to plant them by hand. Seed tape is a roll of biodegradable paper "tape" that is ...