If you like to use those plastic seed-starting trays to start seeds for your garden, there are plastic-free eco-friendly alternatives to consider first.

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Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening.

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 ...

If you're new to starting plants from seed indoors, you might be wondering whether you absolutely need a heating mat or if there are alternatives you can use.

Cabbage seedlings, showing the pattern of holes made by the dibble board. We do use some plastic plug flats, pots, and trays of cell packs, but we also like to use our homemade wooden trays, because ...

On a rainy day, Millie gets stuck into a job she’s been wanting to try for ages: making a timber propagation tray from an old pallet. The old-fashioned box is called a planting flat or seed-raising ...

For many home growers, gardeners, and farmers, spring is a busy time in the gardening year. In the period running up to and immediately after the last frost date in your area, you might be sowing a ...

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