Replant your most thriving specimens by saving seeds to sow next year. When you save seeds from a plant that thrived in your garden, its descendants can continue to shine in your landscape for years ...

If you can buy seeds online or in a store, why would anyone want to save seeds from their garden? Would they even grow? Indian blanket flower (Gaillardia) seed head ready for harvesting. Oregon State ...

Granny Miller’s heirloom tomatoes or simply saving money at the garden center, collecting seeds is just another adventure in gardening. There are so many seeds to save and share with others, and as ...

Fall is the perfect time to start collecting seeds from your garden. As temperatures drop and plants finish their growing cycle, they naturally produce mature seeds ready for harvest. Why bother with ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you love the flowers in your garden but don’t love the idea of spending money on new ones, why not save their seeds to plant next year? To maximize the odds that new plants will grow true to their ...

The U.S. is in the midst of a gardening renaissance. As the coronavirus pandemic prompts big questions about the future of our food system, people everywhere are buying up seeds, pulling up lawns, ...

Pick sunflower seeds when heads droop, turn yellow-brown, and petals fall—usually late summer. Cut heads with stem, dry upside down indoors, then rub seeds out once dry. Roast plain seeds 5–7 mins at ...