A person planting seeds in a cardboard planter - Andreswd/Getty Images When we think of heirlooms, we think of an inheritance or something passed down from generation to generation. Heirlooms have ...

Now that vegetable gardening season is upon us, you might be shopping for the right seeds for your garden. You’ll have the option of choosing “heirloom” or “hybrid”, “GMO” or “Non-GMO” seed varieties.

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 ...

As a teenager I enjoyed helping my parents in the vegetable garden, but I would always dread when the abundance of our harvest moved inside and my mother began the long and arduous task of processing ...

EAGLE — History can be found everywhere, including in vegetable gardens. Colorado Master Gardener Sue Gray will offer a mix of pioneer history and advice about heirloom vegetables on Monday at the ...

Heirloom Vegetable Gardening by William Woys Weaver is the culmination of some thirty years of first-hand knowledge of growing, tasting and cooking with heirloom vegetables. A staunch supporter of ...

For those unsure of what an heirloom vegetable is, these are old varieties still maintained by farmers and gardeners particularly in isolated or ethnic communities. Many would vanish forever if not ...

Chayote requires at least two plants for proper fertilization. The vines produce abundantly all summer. Heirloom Vegetable Gardening by William Woys Weaver is the culmination of some thirty years of ...

Some kitchen gardens are little more than humble vegetable plots. Pamela Page's is not one of them. Her carefully planned garden -- all 10,000 square feet of it -- is a work of art. "Gardening is an ...

Heirloom produce, flowers, seed, and books about heirloom foods keep trending. But what exactly does "heirloom" mean? The first thing to understand about heirloom is that there is no single or legal ...