It's official: learning how to collect seeds from hardy annuals is a must for gardeners of all abilities. Not only does it guarantee a repeat display of blooms, but you’ll also be saving money on the ...

Many veteran gardeners make a habit of saving seeds. While it is simple enough for most beginners to do, it’s also an activity being undertaken by scientists who recognize that collecting seeds is ...

- Hi, thanks for joining us for the Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South. I'm Chris Cooper. Collecting seeds from flowering annuals is easy and lets you grow the same plants again next year. Also, ...

Growing up in suburban New York City, our house was surrounded by woods of primarily American beech (Fagus grandifolia) and white oak (Quercus alba). And one year it occurred to me that I could ...

Generations of Indigenous peoples worldwide worked for thousands of years with wild plants to produce the foods that sustain us today. Seed is the first link in the food chain, a 10,000-year-old ...

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 ...

Are you thinking about saving some vegetable seed from crops you have in your garden this year in order to save money spent on seed in 2024? Now is the time to collect them. Self-pollinating ...

Saving seeds from the garden is much like passing down a family heirloom: A prized possession lives on from year to year or from generation to generation. In the world of seeds, there are so many ...

Open-pollinated seeds, which reproduce naturally through pollination by wind, insects, or other natural means, are ideal for saving like these cosmos. Be sure to label the seeds. (Veronica Lorson ...

There is good news about the monarch butterfly migration this year. It looks like the number of butterflies that made it to their overwintering grounds in Mexico has nearly doubled compared to last ...