Saving tomato seeds to grow your own tomatoes is a cheaper alternative to buying tomatoes. Here's how to do it and ensure you ...
It happens more often than most of us would care to admit. We reach into the pocket of a jacket we haven’t worn in a while and pull out a half-empty packet of seeds. Seeds are powerful. They’re the ...
If you love to garden, we’re betting that you want to hang onto summer as long as you can. After all, while houseplants are lovely, there’s nothing quite like viewing your summer garden in all its ...
The end of the warmer months can be depressing for the avid gardener. Thankfully, seeds from past blooms give hope for future plantings. But seeds don’t last forever, and the older they get, the less ...
As a new season of the year approaches, novice gardeners who have leftover seeds might wonder if they should toss out their packets or hold onto them for next year. This could be especially of ...
In Episode 115 of Mother Earth News and Friends, Bevin Cohen lays out a seed saving guide for you and explains how a beginner seed-saver can get started in not only saving seeds, but also ...
The towering faces have started to bow, petals crisping, birds already casing the joint. You want seeds for next year — fat, viable, true to type — but the weather is turning, and the internet is a ...
Unless you’re reseeding your entire lawn, it’s unlikely that you will use an entire bag of grass seed. If you’re just reseeding a few patches, there will be some leftover. Grass seed can be expensive ...
Growing your own herbs and veggies is a great way to eat smart by controlling what goes on your dinner table. Since you get to decide what kind of soil mix, fertilizer, compost, pest control, etc. to ...
Growing plants from seed is a fun way to participate in the whole lifecycle. Seed companies grow plants and then collect and dry the seeds to sell. Some seeds can last for a couple of years, while ...