Gardening can be expensive, especially for new gardeners who believe every ad and commercial that shows how much they need this product or that. One expense that can be all but eliminated for gardeners of all skill levels is the seed starting pot. With just a few minutes of your time we are going to [...]

Seed saving is a time honored practice and one that anyone interested in sustainable agriculture should become familiar with. While seeds can be saved from nearly any vegetable plant, we often get asked how to save tomato seeds because it is a slightly more involved process than some others. Depending on the particular variety of [...]

Tomatoes are the most popular garden plant in the United States, so it comes as no surprise that we get a lot of readers asking how to grow tomatoes from seed. While they do take a little extra care and attention, starting a tomato plant from seed is not anything that requires a lot of [...]

If you grow basil, it is quite simple to collect and save basil seed once you get an idea what you are looking for. Because the seeds are tiny they are easily missed, but once you have seen the basil seed itself and gathered it even once you will be able to do it year [...]