Browse West Coast Seeds wide variety of articles and gardening instructions. Full of useful information, product instructions, tips, tricks and more to make your gardening experience easy and fun. Find what you are looking for by browsing through the different topics below. Written by our West Coast Seeds gardening experts and with contributions from our trial gardeners. Be sure to visit the handy Planting Zone Finder to know when and what to plant in your location. Our West Coast Seeds How to Grow Guides are an easy reference and there is one for every vegetable, flower and herb variety.
Articles & Instructions
- About Milkweed
- All About Sunflowers
- Alternative Lawn Wildflower Blend Ingredients
- Bee Garden Wildflower Blend Ingredients
- Beneficial Insect Wildflower Blend Ingredients
- Biodiversity Blend Wildflowers Ingredients
- Bumble Bee Blend Wildflowers Ingredients
- Butterfly Wildflower Blend Ingredients
- Deer Resistant Wildflower Blend Ingredients
- East Coast Wildflowers Blend Ingredients
- Flower Arrangement Inspiration
- Gardening for Birds
- Great Lakes Wildflower Blend Ingredients
- Hummingbird Wildflower Blend Ingredients
- Improve Pollination with Phacelia
- Interesting Facts about Flowers
- Knee High Meadow Blend Wildflower Ingredients
- List of Edible Flowers
- Munching the Flowers
- Pacific Northwest Wildflower Blend Ingredients
- Partial Shade Wildflower Blend Ingredients
- Perennial Wildflower Seeds Blend Ingredients
- Plant Flower Seeds for Bees
- Planting Wildflowers
- Southern Prairies Wildflower Blend Ingredients
- Squash Pollination
- Sweet Pea Trial
- Upland Blend Wildflowers Ingredients
- Xeriscape Wildflower Blend Ingredients
- Aphids
- Blossom End Rot in Tomatoes
- Brian Campbell on Pollination and Bee Diversity
- Bumble Bees: An Interview with Brian Campbell
- Cabbageworms and Cabbage Moths
- Carrot Rust Fly
- Club Root
- Companion Planting with Umbellifers
- Deer Resistant Plants
- Do Ants Farm Aphids?
- European Chafer Beetles
- Flea Beetles
- How to Protect Seedlings
- Integrated Pest Management
- Lupin Aphids
- Planting a Bumblebee Garden
- Planting a Butterfly Garden
- Planting to Attract Predatory Insects
- Powdery Mildew
- Save The Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee
- Snails and Slugs
- Tomato Late Blight
- Whiteflies
- Wireworms
- Wood Lice
- About Dandelions
- About the Summer Solstice
- Commit to Grow Day 1
- Commit to Grow Day 10: Seed Balls
- Commit to Grow Day 11: Flower Power
- Commit to Grow Day 12: Salad
- Commit to Grow Day 13: Earth Day Events
- Commit to Grow Day 14: Wildlife
- Commit to Grow Day 15: Planting Trees
- Commit to Grow Day 16: Grow Kale
- Commit to Grow Day 17: Food Miles
- Commit to Grow Day 18: Growing Chefs
- Commit to Grow Day 19: CSAs
- Commit to Grow Day 2: Chives
- Commit to Grow Day 20: Mentor
- Commit to Grow Day 21: Values
- Commit to Grow Day 3: PARGAR
- Commit to Grow Day 4: Transforming Lawns
- Commit to Grow Day 5: Organic
- Commit to Grow Day 6: Sprouts
- Commit to Grow Day 7: Xeriscaping
- Commit to Grow Day 8: School Gardens
- Commit to Grow Day 9: Queen of Green
- Companion Planting
- Companion Planting with Umbellifers
- Compost and Composting
- Converting Lawn Into Something Useful
- Crop Rotation
- Dream Time: Plan Your New Year’s Garden
- Fertilizer Blend
- Garden Planning 101
- Gardening in an El Niño Year
- Good Watering Practice
- Growing Food in Containers
- Growing Food in Part Shade
- How to Grow a School Garden in September
- Interplanting
- Latin for Gardeners
- Light up your Life (and your Seedlings)
- Market Garden Photos
- Raised Garden Beds
- Saving the Harvest
- Saving Your Own Seeds
- Seedy Christmas Gifts
- Spring is on the Way
- Starting Tomatoes Indoors
- What the Heck is N-P-K ?
- Xeriscaping
- Andrea Bellamy’s Top Patio Picks
- Favourite Seed Starting Tools
- Hardening Off Seedlings
- Heirloom Seeds and Heritage Seeds
- How to Store Seeds
- Mark’s Ten Seedling Tips
- Seed Saving
- Seeds for a Really Early Start
- Seeds to Start in April
- Seeds to Start in August
- Seeds to Start in February
- Seeds to Start in July
- Seeds to Start in June
- Seeds to Start in March
- Seeds to Start in May
- Starter Seeds for Kids
- Success with Seeds
- Succession Planting
- Waiting to Transplant
- What are Genetically Engineered Seeds?
- What are Hybrid Seeds Exactly?
- About Amaranth
- About Artichokes
- About Arugula
- About Asparagus
- About Beans
- About Beets
- About Broccoli
- About Brussels Sprouts
- About Cabbage
- About Carrots
- About Cauliflower
- About Celery & Celeriac
- About Chinese Vegetables
- About Corn
- About Cress and Watercress
- About Cucumbers
- About Eggplants
- About Kale and Collards
- About Kohlrabi
- About Leeks
- About Melons
- About Onions
- About Our Certified Organic Seed Potatoes
- About Parsnips
- About Peas
- About Peppers
- About Potatoes
- About Radicchio
- About Radishes
- About Spinach
- About Squash
- About Tomatoes
- All About Garlic
- Baby Leaf Lettuce
- Bolting
- Growing Edible Weeds
- Homegrown Super Foods
- How and When to Harvest Potatoes
- How to Choose a Tomato
- How to Harvest Quinoa
- How to Store Carrots
- Overwintered Leeks
- Radish Problems
- 20 Things to Do on the Shortest Day of the Year
- Best Winter Gardening Varieties
- Caring for Garden Tools
- Frost Watch
- Gardening for Birds
- Going Green for Winter Salads
- Growing Food Indoors
- Lime Aid
- Notes on Spring
- Overwintering
- Planting for Fall & Winter Harvests
- Seed Sowing for the Longest Harvest
- Seeds to Sow Mid-August
- Suet Feeders: A Gift for the Birds
- Time to Plant Legumes
- What Zone Am I In? Plant Hardiness Zones
- Winter Crop Protection
- Working with Frost Dates