A jar of poppy seeds sitting open next to two poppy seed bagels. - Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock It's tempting to wonder if that little jar of grocery store poppy seeds in your pantry could do more than top ...

February is the month when indoor seed-starting takes center stage in the Northern gardening world. It’s when eager gardeners get busy starting their cool-season plants, such as cabbage, broccoli, ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Gardeners come in two sorts… those that start from seed and those that buy plants. Perhaps a combination is best. Last week we talked about vegetables, this week it's flowers.

We asked Traverse City poppy expert, David Williams, whose home and gloriously lush poppy garden we featured in the May 08 issue of Northern Home & Cottage and is pictured above, for insight. Here’s ...