“When it feels like spring, gardeners’ thoughts turn to getting seed into the ground as soon as they can,” Knox says.

The cool and clear mornings, warming daytime temperatures and the ever-increasing sunshine in the Inland Northwest are triggering excitement in Tri-City gardeners. However, home horticulture ...

Plants that emerge at different times will compete unevenly for light, water and nutrients and may end up being a weed instead of a high yielding plant.