Whether you direct sow seeds into your vegetable garden or transplant seedlings, proper spacing is essential. Every type of vegetable needs a specific amount of space to fully develop a healthy root ...

You could say horticulturist Dr. Lee Barnes has good karma. Barnes grew Bolivian rainbow pepper plants for years because he enjoyed watching the finger-shaped peppers change from purple to cream, then ...

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 ...

If you’ve been gardening for a while, chances are you’ve amassed a pile of seeds during the years. We have quite a collection of seeds, some are still in their original envelope from the seed company.

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 ...

Q. Has anyone ever developed a list of vegetables and fruits that can or can’t be grown from seeds from the seeds of what you buy from the stores to eat? If so, what kinds of things do you have to do ...

There has always been something magical to me about growing plants from seed. Growing plants from seed and then harvesting produce from those plants is even better. Saving a few seeds and starting it ...

Every year, our gardens and allotments yield a huge crop of seed, yet most of us let it go to waste. Here’s how to save it – and a small fortune If you are any kind of gardener, I bet you have a ...

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 ...

As an avid grower of vegetables I produce most of my own in my garden and allotment. Over the years I’ve settled on certain varieties because they succeed for me. I grow a lot of modern F1 hybrids, ...

Clark County Public Library director Julie Maruskin tended recently to tomato seedlings behind the building. Maruskin has taught classes on vegetable gardening for years, but this is the first year ...