As the autumn season progresses, many of our annual and perennial flowers are sporting seed heads or fruit. If you examine the tops of spent flower spikes, you will usually see a nice seed head with ...

Now that your vegetables and flowers have almost finished their growing cycle, it is time to think about saving seeds for next year. Saving seeds has several benefits. You can save money. You can ...

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 ...

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

Scabiosa or pin cushion flower, as they are often more fondly known, are exquisitely romantic flowers to sow in January. They ...

Many gardeners are aspirational when it comes to saving seeds even if there are some good reasons to skip it. If you’re gardening year round, you don’t always have time to let plants go to seed so you ...

Seed saving is a fun, committed exercise gardeners can enjoy throughout the year. The pleasure of growing your own vegetables in particular is more economical and provides a more nutritional value ...

Our garden season is winding down, and many plants are setting seeds instead of flowers or fruit. Starting new plants from seeds off your current plants is a great way to stretch your plant-buying ...

It was motherhood that encouraged Alicia Houk’s switch to gardening with native plants. She had trained as a scientist, completing a master’s degree in pollinator ecology while pursuing a passion for ...

Another goal of Chris and his wife, Marilyn McHugh, when they founded the Cleveland Seed was to promote the simple and ancient skill of seed saving in Northeast Ohio. Even though it is easy enough to ...