Growing vegetables at home is a joyous hobby; it brings warm and satisfying feelings as you sow seeds, raise plants, and ultimately pick the harvest. If you want to take self-sufficiency further, you ...

"Saving Our Seeds" was produced by Quest Wisconsin's Andy Soth. Cicero believed that all you really need in life is a garden and a library. He would have really liked a new program at the public ...

Before seed companies, seed racks, and seed catalogs came along, vegetable gardeners ensured their plantings for the following year by saving their own seeds. Our foregardeners would look for the ...

Home vegetable gardening is surging, leading to a shortage of vegetable plants and seeds in nurseries and garden centers. Consider saving seeds. Planting a garden, enjoying the harvest and then ...

You don’t need a fancy seed catalog to start more plants, because a surprising number of groceries come with a free “starter kit” tucked inside. When you learn which scraps actually sprout, you can ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at gnogardening@agcenter.lsu.edu. I'm growing a variety of peppers (Cayenne, Tabasco, Habanero, etc.). I ...

Experienced farmers understand that saving seeds from their crops is a proven cost-cutting strategy. By preserving seeds from their most productive or distinctive plants, they ensure a head start for ...

We have lots of tomatoes, peppers, and squash. So for the first segment I want to talk about seed saving. I’ll demonstrate how we do this, and by cutting up the peppers and tomatoes and squash I will ...

In late January, I started plants for the spring garden, and I also started a lot of plants for the Linden Community Garden Club’s annual plant sale. Two years ago, I had a major problem when the ...

Some horticultural experts discourage the home gardener from saving seeds because the product may not be what you hoped for and because they think it is too complicated for you. What I have discovered ...