You type “organic heirloom seeds” and a thousand promises bloom on your screen—old-world flavours, sustainable growing, tomatoes that taste like August sunshine. Somewhere between nostalgia and ...

Heirloom seeds are curated over many generations for their ability to produce plants of characteristic beauty and culinary superiority. The names of some heirloom plants can be just as colorful as the ...

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 ...

Sometime during the spring, backyard food growers will decide what kind of tomatoes to grow: heirlooms or hybrids. Hybrid varieties have had the benefit of genetic tinkering that allows for some cool ...

A longtime garden writer shares her go-to sources for flower, veggie, and herb seeds.

Heirloom seeds business She Grows Veg has, on the whole, been welcomed into the horticultural world since bursting onto the scene in late 2023. It was at its Chelsea Flower Show debut that the startup ...

Led by the popularity, success and tastiness of heirloom tomatoes, people are discovering new ways to eat their vegetables — by looking back at what was once grown in an area. “There is a modern ...

Why is seed saving important? Saving seeds can help gardeners save money, grow better crops and become more self-reliant. Learn how to save heirloom seeds. When you save your own seeds, you are ...