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 ...

Background: As a child, Cindy Barlowe’s maternal grandmother trained her to be a garden helper and shared family stories, traditions and wisdom while they worked. Shortly before retiring from her high ...

Tonight, we catch up with The Heirloom Gardener, John Forti who has a new book out "The Heirloom Gardener: Traditional Plants and Skills for the Modern World." John talks about gardening as a craft ...

Travel to Iowa to sample some heirloom squashes and pumpkins. We travel to Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa to sample some heirloom squashes and pumpkins. Diane Whealey teaches viewers all about ...

Since this is the season when gardeners are often dividing and sharing plants, it's a good time to investigate heirloom plants, garden favorites often passed down through generations. These hardy ...

With Memorial Day upon us, have you thought about how a plant can bring back some of your favorite childhood memories in your grandparent’s garden? Most likely when you think of an heirloom, it is a ...

From seed catalogs and roadside stands to menus, we often see the phrase “heirloom tomato.” Let’s look at what the term heirloom means, and the differences between heirloom and hybrid tomatoes.

Tom Spencer and Bill Welch, co-author of Heirloom Gardening in the South... Tom Spencer and Bill Welch, co-author of Heirloom Gardening in the South, illustrate garden design's cross-cultural melting ...

Q: Last year I planted several heirloom tomato varieties. They grew well, but did not produce many tomatoes. My Brandywine plant was beautiful and healthy-looking, but only produced one tomato. I ...