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 ...

If you’re growing heirloom tomatoes this summer, then it’s a simple September garden job to save tomato seeds so you can grow free plants next year. What’s more, harvest tomato seeds and you won’t ...

Learn how to save seeds from tomatoes to revive heirloom varieties by saving heirloom tomato seeds and safeguard against future food uncertainty. Midsummer is here, and, for most gardeners, this means ...

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 ...

Lauren Murphy is a writer and environmentalist based in the Pacific Northwest. She holds a degree in Environmental Sciences from Western Washington University. When you buy new seeds at the store, ...

Sybil Gorby first planted a handful of heirloom tomato seeds in 1965. Every spring since, Gorby, 92, has planted seeds from that same lineage in her garden in Tyler County, W.Va. By late June, they ...

Question for Dan Gill: I am very interested in growing heirloom tomatoes, but many of the varieties that I plant don't seem to do too well for me. My Creole and most cherry varieties do quite well. I ...

It’s cold outside! But it’s not too soon to start thinking about the vegetable garden you’d like to have this summer, especially if you plan to start at least some of your edibles from seed. And ...

Heirloom tomato cultivation is quite literally a labor a love. While modern hybrids are bred for traits like disease resistance, heirloom varieties have minimal such protection. But anyone who’s ...

NEW MARKET, Va. -- Many of the gardeners among us are looking for the perfect tomato, which in the end may be worth more than a precious metal. "Taste is subjective," said Gary Ibsen, who grows 520 ...