* Soak vegetable seeds for eight hours at room temperature before planting and
you'll help prevent chilling injury upon their exposure to the outdoors,
ensuring better growth and yield.
* To make straight guidelines for
vegetable garden seed rows, either use a
garden hose or stretch a rope taut and walk on it. This will leave a slight
indentation in the ground.
* Very fine vegetable seed can be mixed with sand and sown from an old
saltcellar.
* Stave off light frost damage by lightly watering newly planted
vegetable seed
every evening; be sure to sprinkle the leaves of each plant.