Read the seed packet or catalog and make sure what you buy is labeled open-pollinated or heirloom, not hybrid. My grandfather grew what we now call heirloom tomatoes: time-tested varieties that breed ...

Want to grow your own pumpkins from harvested seeds? Be sure to properly dry and store the seeds until it's time to plant ...

Fall is the perfect time to start collecting seeds from your garden. As temperatures drop and plants finish their growing cycle, they naturally produce mature seeds ready for harvest. Why bother with ...

Build a firm foundation of seed saving knowledge with this introductory, 101 style video. Bevin Cohen of Small House Farm gives an overview of how to save seeds for next year. Learn the difference ...

Learn how to grow pumpkins from seeds with this practical guide, including advice on planting, harvesting, and more ...

It’s always a bit sad to see our summer vegetable gardens peter out as the season comes to a close. Those once-verdant plants are now fading as the long, hot summer takes its toll. Though harvests of ...

As backyard gardeners across Appalachia gather the last tomatoes, peppers and beans of the season, there’s often a bittersweet feeling. The baskets are full, the shelves lined with jars, and yet there ...

So you want to save your own seeds this season but don't know where to start? Some readers have requested that I write about saving seeds -- how to harvest seeds and store them, sharing them with ...

You type “organic heirloom seeds” and a thousand promises bloom on your screen—old-world flavours, sustainable growing, ...

Growing up in the mountains of western Guatemala, Feliciano Perez Tomas cultivated the same type of native maize his family had for generations. The breed of corn was central to his Indigenous K’iche’ ...

As a boy in the 1950s I knew there were two kinds of tomatoes: deep red, plump and tasty ones my grandfather grew, and the kind that came four in a package wrapped in cellophane. The Cello-Wraps, as I ...