Seeds cost more every year. Garden centers stack those bright packets near the checkout line like candy, and each spring the cart fills up again. But a thriving garden already holds next year’s supply ...

Experienced farmers understand that saving seeds from their crops is a proven cost-cutting strategy. By preserving seeds from their most productive or distinctive plants, they ensure a head start for ...

If you've noticed your sunflowers are starting to droop and look a little less sunny, think about saving the seeds. Each head can contain 1,000 seeds or more. It would be a shame to let them all go to ...

Before seed companies, seed racks, and seed catalogs came along, vegetable gardeners ensured their plantings for the following year by saving their own seeds. Our foregardeners would look for the ...

Bagging blossoms on alternating days can help prevent unintended cross-pollination. Can I save seeds for next year? Embark on a journey of creating and preserving plants adapted to your region, garden ...

Seed saving can be traced back 30,000 years, when nomadic humans selected cereal grains for the next growing season to encourage a preferred non-shattering trait. It's a simple process that modern ...

AS OUR SUMMER vegetable and flower gardens wind down, it’s a good time to think about which annuals you’d like to grow again next year. These days, a lot of varieties sell out each spring. One way to ...

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 ...

Saving seeds from vegetable and ornamental plants allows gardeners the ability to preserve "desirable" traits, ensure availability of favorite plant (vegetable or ornamental) varieties, and save money ...

Gardening is a seedy business. I hope thistle cheer you up. (I’m trying really hard folks, to improve my humor. I’m skeptical. You’re skeptical. We’re all skeptical.) There’s saving the unused seeds ...