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 ...

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 ...

Increasingly, seed catalogs make vegetables and herbs from around the world accessible to American gardeners. Here are some to start with: Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, 417-924-8917 or www.rareseeds.com ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’re planning to request a seed catalog in 2025, now is the time to do it. New seed catalogs get printed between mid-December ...

In an old French gardening book, the author describes the winter ordering of seeds for the new year’s garden. “We wait until the children are in bed. We must choose wisely because if the children were ...

It's the moment we've all been waiting for. No, it's not an announcement from Publishers Clearinghouse Sweepstakes. It's the arrival of seed catalogs in mid-winter. You might say it's the official ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In many of the seed catalogs arriving soon in mailboxes, the headliners will be grafted vegetables, in which one or more different varieties grow from a ...

The colors of the garden catalogs that billow through the mail slot in January can warm the bones and lift the soul. For more experienced gardeners, it doesn’t even take pictures: adjectives are ...

For those unsure what constitutes an heirloom vegetable, they are old varieties still maintained by farmers and gardeners, particularly in isolated or ethnic communities. Many would vanish forever if ...

AN IMPRESSIVE crop of serious vegetable gardeners is growing around here. The city of Seattle declared 2010 the Year of Urban Agriculture, and these gardeners are doing their part to make that tag a ...

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 ...