Heirloom seeds can produce vegetables of all different shapes and sizes Two business owners have encouraged people to "stop growing boring" vegetables and consider heirloom seeds. Lucy Hutchings ...

Heirloom vegetables are cultivars that have been around for generations, sometimes centuries. True heirlooms date back to ...

Collard greens are a nutritious vegetable with a rich cultural heritage in the U.S. Now, scientists and enthusiasts are ...

A British soldier fighting in France is given seeds as a memento ... of curious-sounding vegetables that have been grown locally for centuries. The seeds of these heirloom, or heritage plants ...

Have you already found the best vegetable seed companies? MOTHER EARTH NEWS readers have rated their favorite garden seed sources based on value, performance, ethics and fun. By the time you poke ...

Many gardeners have seeds and partially filled seed packets left over after the summer growing season. But there’s no reason ...

We acquired those seeds from Anson Mills ... Despite his love for unique heirloom vegetable varieties, Pera acknowledges the reality that growing them is hard. “While growing this corn gives ...

Heirloom Vegetable Gardening by William Woys Weaver ... and he walks the novice gardener through the basics of planting, growing and seed saving. Sprinkled throughout the gardening advice are ...