I joined the Seed Savers Exchange a few months ago, and was excited to get the annual Yearbook in the mail a couple days ago. It is big -- ...

Before I opened this book I knew two things: It would be beautiful, and it would be fun. Anyone who has read Ivette's blog, The Germina...

I have already (I'm so organized this year!) put in almost all my vegetable seed orders, gone through my boxes of old seeds, and figured...

This article in Wired caught my eye a while ago, and I'm just now getting around to blogging about it. It talks about some studies w...

Back in January , I talked about trying a new type of zucchini in my garden this year. Normally I grow the variety 'Costata Romanesco...

I've long known that in climates like mine (chilly Michigan) commercial production of heat loving plants like tomatoes and peppers relie...

I was startled to see tomatoes for sale in Select Seeds, then White Flower Farm's catalog came, and it has vegetables on the cover AND d...

I hate staking. I'll happily weed for hours on end, happy as can be. I'll spend a full day working hard with a shovel and smile all ...

Two years ago I crossbred the tomato Matt's Wild Cherry (which is simply the most delicious cherry tomato I have EVER had the pleasure o...