As the growing season winds down, it’s time to start planning for next year’s garden –by saving seeds. Lets face it, buying ...

Seed saving is an art and a science that has become popular again. Today's gardeners want to preserve culturally important foods, become self-sufficient, and support diversity in our food system.

Seed treatments are a popular pick for proactive crop protection. Protect your crop from disease and insects and boost yield ...

Corn and other grain seeds can be frozen in airtight containers for 48 hours to eliminate insect eggs and larva. Once you get some practice saving seeds, you can become quite successful at the this ...

After the unprecedented demand for seed last spring, gardeners may want to plan ahead for the next growing season. It’s easier than you think.

“Save seeds from the best-looking plants in your garden,” says Rowen White, who directs the Native American Sovereignty Alliance’s effort to preserve the wide variety of plants traditionally ...

Smyth became more interested in saving seeds when she married Kenneth Smyth and learned his family also had saved a few seed varieties: Thousand-to-one green beans and Pencil Cob corn.

Last year, the Nation distributed almost 10,000 seed packets to citizens across the country in an effort to keep these culturally significant plants from being lost. This year, the Cherokee Nation is ...

Corn Properties: A tall annual cereal grass widely grown for its large, elongated ears of starchy seeds Flavor: Mild, slightly sweet ...