As the summer winds down, if not the temperatures, it’s time for those of us who collect seed to start making plans and purchasing any needed supplies. What is now seen as a fun gardening hobby has ...

The other day I finally put my garden to bed. While I ripped out the skeletons of tomatoes and tucked away eggplant cages for ...

On February 26, 2008, a $9-million underground seed vault began operating deep in the permafrost on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, just 810 miles from the North Pole. This high-tech Noah’s Ark ...

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 ...

For decades now, our family has been growing nearly all the vegetables, herbs, and fruit we eat on a city lot of about 3/10th acre. What little we don't grow, we buy at the Farmers' Market. So we ...

Before you discard your Halloween pumpkin, save the seeds for planting or eating next year! It's easy and totally worth it.

You can’t grow a garden without seeds. Long before the regenerative agriculture movement started preaching the value of seed saving, the practice was a crucial part of growing food and environmental ...

MUNCIE, Ind. – Seed saving is a tradition that has been practiced by home gardeners and horticulturalists for generations. It allows us to preserve our favorite heirloom varieties from year to year ...

Oregon State University Extension gives three reasons to save seed. First, some seed companies have dropped older heirloom varieties in favor of newer hybridized or patented ones (more on this later).

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 ...

Save seeds from your favorite tomatoes with this easy guide. Homegrown tomatoes are hard to beat when eaten fresh off the plant, but they're also endlessly useful for making sauce, juice, salsa, ...