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 ...

Do you love the green beans you grew this year? Tomatoes? Zinnias? Squash? Well, maybe you can collect seeds so that you can grow them again next year. I say “maybe” because one of the most important ...

When you buy new seeds at the store, they often come from large companies that treat their crops with pesticides and other hazardous chemicals. Saving seeds from your own produce each year is a more ...

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 ...

Collecting seeds from summer-flowering plants in October is a quick and easy task that gets you seeds to grow next year for more plants. When the temperature and light levels drop in fall, preparing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...