IT IS A long-standing tradition among serious gardeners to sit around the kitchen table during the dark days of winter, hot tea or hot toddy in hand, leafing through seed catalogs and dreaming of the ...

My grandfather always liked to garden, but he ramped up his vegetable production during World War II. Many folks at the time grew what they called “victory gardens” to supplement food shortages and ...

Summer planting is still months away, but if you intend to start your own seeds, now is the time to pull out the seed catalogs and place your order. As a farmer, this is both a practical and fun ...

We look into how easy it is to just plant the seeds from grocery-store fruits and vegetables in order to get started on a ...