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In Fruiting Bodies, UK-based photographer Julia Claxton captures the beauty and mystery of common mushrooms.

Seed Sowing in the Snow

By Kevin Lee Jacobs

Our how-to for using milk and water jugs to create your own planters to sow seeds in the snow. Yes, you can start sowing seeds now, even if you're snowed in, and be rewarded with hardy vegetables and flowers in the summer.

Growing Salad in Outer Space

By Claire Lui

A Japanese astronaut, a Russian astronaut, and an American astronaut blasted into space today (no, not the beginning of a joke) and they are planning on growing plants...in space! Satoshi Furukawa (pictured) is going to grow cucumbers and his fellow astronaut, Sergei Volkov, will be growing tomatoes, to test the effect of growing plants in a gravity-free environment.

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Going to Seed

By Alex Erikson

Five of our favorite catalogs for lettuce seeds.

Step-by-Step: Growing Salad Greens

By Lise Funderburg

How to grow salad greens in a container garden.

Greens Glossary

By Lise Funderburg

Our photo glossary of 14 types of lettuce (and other spring greens), including romaine, mache, and bibb.

The Best Sources for Buying Seeds

By Lindsey Taylor

Can you recommend some good sources for buying seeds and offer some tips for starting plants from seed?
—Julia Tomer, Pittsburgh

Starting plants from seed, whether flowers, fruits, or vegetables, requires a little research. Some seeds will need an early start indoors; others can be sown directly in the garden. Most seed packets will provide you with all the information you need to have a successful season, as will the websites of many online purveyors. While I still enjoy receiving the odd seed catalogue or two by mail—Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds (rareseeds.com) is a favorite—I do most of my seed shopping online.