Picture this: You’re biting into a tomato that looks nothing like the perfectly round, red ones from your local supermarket. Instead, it’s purple-striped, misshapen, and delivers an explosion of sweet ...

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 ...

Mike Prochaska Jr. has grown purple tomatoes, and peppers shaped like spaceships. The colors and shapes are neat, but the best part is the taste. "No doubt, the flavor is what makes them marketable," ...

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 ...

DENVER — Many gardens are discovering heirloom plants. These are plants that have been in cultivation for at least 50 years. Many have been grown for much longer. They include perennials, annuals and ...

Heirloom vegetables are open-pollinated plants from generations past, allowing seeds to be saved and replanted. While once diverse, only 3% of food plant varieties from 1900 are commonly available ...

Josh Johnson, farmer and owner of Old Tyme Bean Company in Elloree, remembered growing up against the backdrop of his grandmother's garden. As he watched her save the seeds from batches of successful ...

For gardeners with short growing seasons, tomatoes that grow with some speed are a smart choice. These are some of the best ...

There's something almost rebellious about walking past the glossy, uniform produce at the grocery store and heading straight to the farmers market for something lumpy, striped, or frankly a little ...