In other words: They can taste better. Another advantage to heirloom seeds is they are open-pollinated (naturally pollinated by the wind, bees, birds or other animals), meaning they grow “true ...

If you try to save seed from hybrids, you usually won’t get good results,” says Andrew Kaiser, manager at Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Also, with heirloom vegetables you can choose what works ...

Organic seed breeders like Frank Morton work hard on saving heirloom seeds and improving them year after year. Learn how to save heirloom seeds for next year by choosing the hardiest plants.

Read the seed packet or catalog and make sure what you buy is labeled open-pollinated or heirloom, not hybrid. My grandfather grew what we now call heirloom tomatoes: time-tested varieties that ...

Maggie and Lindsey learn about heirloom seeds from a farmer in Jackson County. Maggie and Lindsey learn about heirloom seeds from a farmer in Jackson County. She shares her preservation methods ...

Heirloom garden plants are old varieties that are open-pollinated, allowing home gardeners to save seed and preserve the plant’s unique adaptations, flavors, and appearance for generations.

Borrow ... Grow ... Share. Choose from a variety of vegetables, herbs and flowers, and native heirloom seeds to borrow with your Springfield-Greene County Library ...

Cherokee White Eagle Corn, Compass Plant, and Georgia Candy Roaster Squash are a few of the heirloom plants distributed by the Cherokee Nation Seed Bank in its years of programming. Illustration by ...

TUCSON — Hundreds of heirloom seed packets moved from one hand to another under the shade of mesquite trees on Saturday morning at Mission Garden, a 4-acre living agricultural museum at the feet ...

More than 40 seed varieties are now available to "check out" for free through the Springfield-Greene County Library. The Heirloom Seed Library opened Thursday and will remain available through Nov. 1.