Seed-starting is one of my favorite gardening activities. It’s a great skill to learn, you can grow varieties that are hard to find in garden centers and it’s quite economical. We gardeners feel ...

It was bad enough that our region’s cold, wet spring affected our tomato plants’ ability to produce a normal crop. When an unusual insect problem arose on them as well, I began taking it personally.

Gathering seeds from mature black-eyed Susans, or Rudbeckia hirta, is a simple task that will allow you to enjoy these ...