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, ...

One of my favorite winter activities is flipping through seed catalogs, checking out the latest varieties and getting my nerd fix on with old-timey stories about heirloom vegetables and where they ...

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 ...

As metro Detroiters get ready to head down into the deep freeze this week (with a high of 11 degrees predicted for Thursday), it may seem like the wrong time to think about spring. But as seasoned ...

There are certain vices in this world that draw our hands and minds, steal our concentration and ultimately consume us for an undetermined amount of time. Some of these habits are physically and ...

So far, so good: We haven’t descended into the usual deep freeze of winter quite yet. But the long nights of winter are the perfect occasion to think about next year’s garden. And nothing helps you ...

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 ...

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, ...