Purchasing vegetable seeds every year can be costly and take up a lot of time as you flip through seed catalogs on the hunt for the perfect seed selection. If you want to make your garden more ...
Many of the vegetables we grow in our gardens produce seeds, which, if harvested and stored correctly, have the potential to grace us with free plants. And late summer is the perfect time to start ...
Before seed companies, seed racks, and seed catalogs came along, vegetable gardeners ensured their plantings for the following year by saving their own seeds. Our foregardeners would look for the ...
Today's video is all about how to get started saving your seeds from your vegetable garden. Knowing how to save seed is a wonderful skill that can save you money and keep your favourite varieties ...
Spring gardens deliver more than fresh vegetables; they also offer a built-in system for future planting. Many gardeners ...
This beginner-friendly guide explains how to start a vegetable garden with indirect and direct seed-sowing methods. Homegrown vegetables are one of life’s greatest pleasures, but it can be expensive ...
It’s always a bit sad to see our summer vegetable gardens peter out as the season comes to a close. Those once-verdant plants are now fading as the long, hot summer takes its toll. Though harvests of ...
Farmers can grow fiber for clothing. They can create waterway buffers with plants to protect water quality, plants to eat and plants to use to create art. They can enlist poultry to manage pests and ...
Here's how to collect and save seeds from the most common homegrown crops. Lettuce At the end of the growing season, lettuce will bolt, or send up a flower stalk that will develop seed heads ...