Read the seed packet or catalog and make sure what you buy is labeled open-pollinated or heirloom, not hybrid. My grandfather grew what we now call heirloom tomatoes: time-tested varieties that breed ...

For those unsure of what an heirloom vegetable is, these are old varieties still maintained by farmers and gardeners particularly in isolated or ethnic communities. Many would vanish forever if not ...

Borrow ... Grow ... Share. Choose from a variety of vegetables, herbs and flowers, and native heirloom seeds to borrow with your Springfield-Greene County Library ...

From seed catalogs and roadside stands to menus, we often see the phrase “heirloom tomato.” Let’s look at what the term heirloom means, and the differences between heirloom and hybrid tomatoes.

Heirloom seeds are curated over many generations for their ability to produce plants of characteristic beauty and culinary superiority. The names of some heirloom plants can be just as colorful as the ...

Whether you bought pumpkins for Halloween or have some growing in a patch in your garden, don't pass up the opportunity to ...

You type “organic heirloom seeds” and a thousand promises bloom on your screen—old-world flavours, sustainable growing, ...

As a teenager I enjoyed helping my parents in the vegetable garden, but I would always dread when the abundance of our harvest moved inside and my mother began the long and arduous task of processing ...

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

More than 250 years of Lancaster County agricultural history is still growing at Landis Valley Museum. Irwin Richman, director of research and development of the Heirloom Seed Project at the museum, ...

In a corner of the recently expanded Charlotte Library, a two-drawer card catalog sits on a mustard-yellow floral tablecloth. But instead of old-school index cards listing books, its drawers hold ...