Seeds cost more every year. Garden centers stack those bright packets near the checkout line like candy, and each spring the cart fills up again. But a thriving garden already holds next year’s supply ...

If you can buy seeds online or in a store, why would anyone want to save seeds from their garden? Would they even grow? Indian blanket flower (Gaillardia) seed head ready for harvesting. Oregon State ...

Seed saving can be as easy or elaborate as you want to make it. By saving your own seed you can cut costs, preserve that special variety you love. You can also maintain the seed quality and adaptation ...

Hand holding pumpkin seeds in a pumpkin garden - Singkham/Shutterstock Seed saving can be traced back 30,000 years, when nomadic humans selected cereal grains for the next growing season to encourage ...

Geauga County Master Gardener Volunteers will be presenting “Seed Saving Basics” from 10 a.m. to noon Oct. 7 at the Geauga County Extension Office in the Patterson Center, 14269 Claridon-Troy Road in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Basic seed-saving techniques can be found on the library website under the "Planting Guides" tab. "I'm always still learning," Gianelloni said. "I'm not an expert at all. I've never done the wet seed ...