The seed catalogs have started arriving. Every year at this time they begin slithering through the mail slot with all their enticing photos and glorious possibilities. One of the most original, and ...

DECORAH, Iowa — Nothing can take away cabin fever except the coming of spring, but planning a garden can spur things along for those waiting for warmer winds. Although there may be snow on the ground, ...

The organization sells more than 1 million seed packets each year to the public through catalog and retail sales. About 70 percent of the organization's $5 million annual budget comes from general ...

Seed Savers is maintaining 24,000 different varieties of heirloom seeds that otherwise might be lost. The plants taste better, have diverse colors, produce healthy food and preserve our agricultural ...

Once upon a time, it was unusual to have chefs who shopped at farmers markets, who established relationships with growers and whose menus often read more like pages from the Seed Savers catalog than ...

There is nothing like seed and plant catalogs to activate your horticultural hormones. I know, horticultural hormones may not actually exist, but how else to explain the powerful desire, if not lust, ...

A reader recently asked if I have any recommendations for ordering seeds. I order my tomato seeds from Seed Savers Catalog. I like their tomato seeds, which have always been top-notch. Seed Savers ...

Sure, you can find everything on Google these days. But for green thumbs, no amount of pointing-and-clicking can make up for the satisfaction derived from flipping through the glossy pages of a seed ...

If tending to gardens carried us through the pandemic, seed catalog are sparks of hope, carrying us through the long winter. Even if you order online, these catalogs can inspire, inform and, yes, ...

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 ...

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