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 ...

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 ...

What are heirloom vegetables? Learn about the heirloom seeds definition and the many advantages over modern hybrid seeds. Most have superior taste and nutrition and have developed resistance to local ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In the extreme northeast corner of Iowa, on a grassy hillside ringed by meadows, limestone outcroppings and prismatic trout streams, an underground bunker ...

Cherokee White Eagle Corn, Compass Plant, and Georgia Candy Roaster Squash are a few of the heirloom plants distributed by the Cherokee Nation Seed Bank in its years of programming. Illustration by ...

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 ...

More than 250 years of Lancaster County agricultural history is still growing at Landis Valley Museum. Irwin Richman, director of research and development of the Heirloom Seed Project at the museum, ...

Why is seed saving important? Saving seeds can help gardeners save money, grow better crops and become more self-reliant. Learn how to save heirloom seeds. When you save your own seeds, you are ...