If you think your local library is just for books, you’re seriously missing out. Across the country, libraries are quietly offering one of the best money-saving (and garden-boosting) perks around: ...

Nowadays, you can check out a whole lot more than books from your local library. Many branches sponsor seed libraries that "lend out" vegetable and flower seeds you can grow in your garden. Here's ...

Years of research as well as anecdotal reports from growers indicate that growing plants from local seeds will produce the healthiest and best adapted plants. It makes sense. University research has ...

What Are Seed Libraries and How Do They Work? The invention of the seed library was a community-driven response to challenges around food, poverty, health and wellness, and sustainability. Seed ...

For many small-scale fruit and vegetable growers, “local” is the word that makes their business work. Shoppers seek out—and pay premiums for—the promise that a juicy tomato or vibrant squash was ...

When gardening season approaches, it can be very exciting to decide which seeds you're going to plant. Whether you are an experienced gardening pro or new to it, you'll have to decide how to use your ...

Who can forget the empty shelves at grocery stores during the beginning of the pandemic in 2020? A North Texas gardener took it upon herself to start a non-profit to help ensure everyone has access to ...