If Tycoon is your favorite tomato variety, you have probably heard by now that the company that produces it is no longer going to produce the seed. Tycoon is a hybrid that is produced each year by ...

Beautiful, juicy tomatoes can be grown at home, and there’s no need to buy seeds when you can collect them from fruit you may already have in the pantry, or destined to be discarded as waste. In this ...

What can be more fun than collecting seeds from some of your favorite flowers and vegetables to share with others or to store and plant for next year’s harvest and/or enjoyment. For centuries various ...

Q: Many of the flowers in my yard are starting to dry up and form seeds. Can I collect these and save them to plant next year? A: Yes you can collect and save many of the seed that grow in your yard ...

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 ...

This is the time of year to collect seeds. A beautiful, dry afternoon is the best time to harvest. Flowers and vegetables are candidates for seed collection. So before you spend your time and effort ...

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For some gardeners, fall marks the start of another gardening cycle — saving seeds produced by the plants you nurtured all season. It is a frugal way to obtain new plants and a tradition we should try ...

I would like to collect seeds to plant next year. How is the best way to do this? J. A. Tulsa It is a great idea to collect and store seeds for future use, but not all plant seeds will produce ...