The word “heirloom” likely conjures an image of the past, and when it comes to growing food, the implication is mostly accurate. But while some try to define heirloom cultivars by age — at least 50 ...

Planting heirloom seeds offers many benefits: The seeds produce a plant true to the parent, they taste better, and are ...

Heirloom seeds are curated over many generations for their ability to produce plants of characteristic beauty and culinary superiority. The names of some heirloom plants can be just as colorful as the ...

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. Some ...

An ‘heirloom mixologist’ says the focus on preserving seeds ignores the possibilities of more vigorous and healthy plants I want to talk about the problematic concept of heirloom seeds. Now, this will ...

What is Bloody Butcher: An heirloom red dent corn from 1800s Virginia, known for tall stalks, red-striped kernels, and use in flour, grits, and distilling. Why purity matters: Corn is wind-pollinated, ...

I maintain that buying seeds is truly the best kind of shopping—seeds are relatively affordable and are literally bursting with potential. Quite frankly, I think seeds are a miracle; you get a small ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Beginning Tuesday, Cherokee Nation will begin taking applications for a limited supply of heirloom seeds. The ...

When Will Bonsall was growing up in Waterville in the 1950s and ’60s, his family lived modestly, and their grocery budgets were often tight. His folks weren’t much for gardening, and what fresh ...