Be a part of history and save money when planting next year’s garden. Collect and save the seeds from your favorite heirloom ...
The Millennium Seed Bank at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew holds more than 2.5 billion wild plant seeds from around 40,000 species. The seeds are stored in sealed glass jars and foil packets, and are ...
You can plant leafy greens and sprouting broccoli right through the winter. Peas can be planted by seed through October. As ...
Gardening in Texas is great, and it can stretch all through the 12 months of the year. Even past that first freeze of the ...
Now that fall is here, there are lots of chances to make fall planters for outdoors and autumn arrangements inside. Throughout the Lancaster County region are talks about fall garden cleanup, grow ...
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 ...
Zinnias are one of my favorite flowers to save seeds from as they are easy to grow and attract plenty of butterflies. They come in a variety of forms, including single or double blooms and a wide ...
What is it that makes one plant stand out among all others in form and structure? Why are some tomatoes striped, some pear shaped, and some dark, red? What was it about that fresh corn your ...
SHREVEPORT, La. - If you’ve ever been intimidated by the idea of starting plants from seeds, fall is actually one of the best times to give it a try. That’s according to Akin's Nursery's Jennifer ...
Transport yourself back to the beginning of summer. You planted a few tomato plants in the hopes you'd have a summer full of tomato sandwiches, tomato pies, and simple lunches of juicy tomato slices ...
As the autumn season progresses, many of our annual and perennial flowers are sporting seed heads or fruit. If you examine the tops of spent flower spikes, you will usually see a nice seed head with ...