If you’ve had some success in your garden this year, you might be ready to take things to the next level by propagating plants for your garden next year. Saving seeds is one of the easiest propagation methods for common garden plants. It can save money, improve the quality of your garden, and it supports crop diversity and food sovereignty. […]
If you’re a new gardener, you might wonder which type of seed is best to plant in your garden. Should you plant heirloom seeds or hybrid seeds? Are open-pollinated seeds best? And what’s the difference? Let’s start by taking a quick look at the modernization of agriculture and how monoculture farming has impacted our seed selection. Over the last century, […]
If you’d like to enhance your garden and perhaps your dinner plate, nab some seeds. For that, your local library might be the perfect place. Hundreds of libraries in the United States and around the globe feature a seed library, where packets of seeds for flowers and edible plants are available, typically for free. Advocates of these libraries say free […]