LET’S TALK ABOUT plastic in the garden. Nursery pots and trays, plant markers, bagged goods and tarps, plastic netting, protective row-covers and even some tools — our green industry practically runs ...

You are probably familiar with plastic trays that greenhouses use for starting plants, but soil blocks are different. They are literally a block of soil. The blocks are formed using special molds such ...

A good gardener can start tomato seedlings in old yogurt tubs — or anything else that will hold soil mix. But most gardeners buy plastic containers designed for starting seeds: each unit, or “six-pack ...