There is no denying the allure of heirloom vegetables. These distinctive open-pollinated varieties have truly stood the test of time due to their heritage of flavor and their culinary contrasts of ...

Be a part of history and save money when planting next year’s garden. Collect and save the seeds from your favorite heirloom tomatoes, peppers, beans and peas this fall. Seeds of heirloom plants have ...

One of the biggest trends to recently hit gardening, aside from organic gardening, is the use of heirloom seeds. That may sound like an intimidating task best left for die-hard gardeners, but it’s ...

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 ...

Saving vegetable seeds is a time-honored practice that can save you money and help continue the existence of heirloom vegetables. Appropriate seeds for saving come from open-pollinated vegetable ...

I maintain that buying seeds is truly the best kind of shopping—seeds are relatively affordable and are literally bursting with potential. Quite frankly, I think seeds are a miracle; you get a small ...

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 ...

Heirloom seeds are open-pollinated, which means they're pollinated by insects or wind without human intervention. They're not hybrids. "We have seeds that Julius Caesar might have grown," Orton says. ...

Seed-saving tips: Assorted vegetable seed-(l-r) broccoli, winter squash, gasden pea, sweet corn, pinto dry bean,snap bean (Lynn Ketchum) As fall gets under way, many vegetables wrap up their ...

Three freezers in Bill Best’s barn are filled with plastic zip-lock bags containing heirloom bean seeds. “We’ve probably got 700 to 800 varieties in here,” said Best, who has collected heirloom seeds ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. In 2011, Luke Marion founded a small heirloom seed ...