Chia seeds, all the rage again. Their first iteration was as the fanciful Chia Pets, the small ceramic animal figures inoculated with the seeds: Just add water and watch their “hair” grow! Now we’re ...

A packet of seeds promises life, color, and maybe even a plate full of homegrown food—but sometimes, nothing happens. No sprouts, no green shoots, just quiet, stubborn soil that refuses to cooperate.

Germination is the process by which a plant sprouts from its seed. Because it mostly happens underground, it’s such a mysterious and almost magical occurrence. One day, you’re popping seeds into a ...

COLIN CAMPBELL: Isn't this a magnificent victory and it's laden with fruit and the fruit has tiny seeds. With all this fruit it has the potential to produce hundreds of trees, just like this one. But ...