Glossary

Pricking out

Pricking out is the process of separating out individual seedlings so that they have more room to...

Romaine (Cos) lettuce

Short definition: Romaine lettuces form tall heads with firm, upright leaves. Also known as Cos...

Seed compost

Seed compost – or seed-sowing compost – is a special low-nutrient growing medium for...

Starting seeds indoors

What starting seeds indoors involvesStarting plants indoors means sowing your seeds initially in...

Vernal plants

Vernal plants (from the Latin vernalis = “belonging to spring”) are plants induced to...

Wild herb salad

Short definition: Mix of different edible wild plants with aromatic, sometimes bitter...

Winter-flowering plants

Winter-flowering plants evolved to defer their flowering period until the depths of the cold season...