Homegrown vegetables are one of life’s greatest pleasures, but it can be expensive to buy all the plants you want to grow at your garden center each spring. But when you know how to grow a vegetable ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you’ve been gardening for a while, chances are you’ve amassed a pile of seeds during the years. We have quite a collection of seeds, some are still in their original envelope from the seed company.

Q. Has anyone ever developed a list of vegetables and fruits that can or can’t be grown from seeds from the seeds of what you buy from the stores to eat? If so, what kinds of things do you have to do ...

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There has always been something magical to me about growing plants from seed. Growing plants from seed and then harvesting produce from those plants is even better. Saving a few seeds and starting it ...

Gardeners should order seeds in January for the best selection of popular vegetable varieties. Prioritize planting vegetables your family enjoys eating to avoid waste. Select plant varieties that are ...

Every year, our gardens and allotments yield a huge crop of seed, yet most of us let it go to waste. Here’s how to save it – and a small fortune If you are any kind of gardener, I bet you have a ...

Clark County Public Library director Julie Maruskin tended recently to tomato seedlings behind the building. Maruskin has taught classes on vegetable gardening for years, but this is the first year ...

As an avid grower of vegetables I produce most of my own in my garden and allotment. Over the years I’ve settled on certain varieties because they succeed for me. I grow a lot of modern F1 hybrids, ...