In the depths of winter, looking through a seed catalog is the gardener’s equivalent of planning a summer vacation—a chance to fantasize about warmer days ahead. What's even more fun is getting the ...

Design your own seed packets for sharing or selling treasured heirloom seeds. Creating personalized seed packets can add a unique touch when gifting seeds. Learn how one reader made customized packets ...

A seed packet may be small, but it speaks volumes. While seed catalogs promote thousands of types of plants, seed packets tell gardeners how to grow one. All the information is printed on the back of ...

Growing plants directly from seed is cost efficient and gives you complete control of the entire growing process. But all the information packed on such a tiny envelope can be confusing. Let’s ...

In the past year, over 1,000 such packages have been collected by the department, the first originating from China.

Along with the yearly perusing of catalogs comes the annual tradition of sifting through my seed stash, organizing what I have. And part of that, for some reason, leads into swapping seeds with other ...

Depending on where you store them and what types of seeds they contain, your old, dog-eared seed packets may or may not be worth using this season. Seeds are alive, but they do not live forever.