Heirloom seeds can produce vegetables of all different shapes and sizes Two business owners have encouraged people to "stop growing boring" vegetables and consider heirloom seeds. Lucy Hutchings ...

Many gardeners have seeds and partially filled seed packets left over after the summer growing season. But there’s no reason ...

Why is seed saving important? Saving seeds can help gardeners save money, grow better crops and become more self-reliant. Learn how to save heirloom seeds. When you save your own seeds ...

We acquired those seeds from Anson Mills ... Despite his love for unique heirloom vegetable varieties, Pera acknowledges the reality that growing them is hard. “While growing this corn gives ...

It is a dual-purpose vegetable – the taproot is similar to parsnips while the foliage can be used like parsley ...

A British soldier fighting in France is given seeds as a memento ... of curious-sounding vegetables that have been grown locally for centuries. The seeds of these heirloom, or heritage plants ...

Heirloom Vegetable Gardening by William Woys Weaver ... and he walks the novice gardener through the basics of planting, growing and seed saving. Sprinkled throughout the gardening advice are ...

Seed catalogs, books and houseplants keep a gardener busy for the winter months. The seed catalogs are beginning to arrive, though not like they used to. More and more companies are doing away with ...

and root cellars the seeds of many thousands of heirloom varieties. The farm grows a glorious profusion of select vegetables, herbs, and flowers around an old red barn that is covered in Grandpa ...