Image Heirloom bean packets are among 20,000-plus types of seeds preserved inside the seed bank at Seed Savers Exchange. With the advent of hybrids and genetically modified crops, and a changing ...

Oh my! Spring is here again, and it’s time to plant my seeds. But you know what I found today? Just a bunch of old vegetable seeds and half full packets from years gone by. I wondered if ...

The struggle is mainly about food -- different types of seeds -- and the availability of that food is dramatically influenced by year-to-year weather changes. Natural selection at its most ...

Soaking seeds before planting them mimics the favorable growing conditions after a spring rain. Water is what wakes up many types of seeds and tells them it’s the right time to sprout.