Another great aspect of harvest season is that it’s the time of year when most plantsgo to seed, thus ensuring a strong new crop for the following spring. Those of you with food gardens have probably ...

If Tycoon is your favorite tomato variety, you have probably heard by now that the company that produces it is no longer going to produce the seed. Tycoon is a hybrid that is produced each year by ...

Doomsday prepping used to be a fringe movement that many people regarded as a community of paranoid fanatics. In the midst of ...

Generations of Indigenous peoples worldwide worked for thousands of years with wild plants to produce the foods that sustain us today. Seed is the first link in the food chain, a 10,000-year-old ...

Do you love the green beans you grew this year? Tomatoes? Zinnias? Squash? Well, maybe you can collect seeds so that you can grow them again next year. I say “maybe” because one of the most important ...

Skip buying the seed packet next year. Transport yourself back to the beginning of summer. You planted a few tomato plants in the hopes you'd have a summer full of tomato sandwiches, tomato pies, and ...

For some gardeners, fall marks the start of another gardening cycle — saving seeds produced by the plants you nurtured all season. It is a frugal way to obtain new plants and a tradition we should try ...

What can be more fun than collecting seeds from some of your favorite flowers and vegetables to share with others or to store and plant for next year’s harvest and/or enjoyment. For centuries various ...

Q: Many of the flowers in my yard are starting to dry up and form seeds. Can I collect these and save them to plant next year? A: Yes you can collect and save many of the seed that grow in your yard ...