One spring day on his way home from work, Edgar A. Guest, a renowned Detroit columnist during the early half of the 20th century who was also Michigan's Poet Laureate, stopped by the hardware store to ...

A seed packet may be small, but it speaks volumes. While seed catalogs promote thousands of types of plants, seed packets tell gardeners how to grow one. All the information is printed on the back of ...

A garden starts long before the first shovel hits the soil. The real magic begins with tiny packets of potential—seeds that ...

Gift-giving has become an ever-present part of the holidays, no matter which holiday you celebrate. Gifts given from a generous heart that fulfill a need or desire of the recipient bring a sense of ...

Hate seed catalogs? Too many variables in what to buy, when to plant and how? Enter Burpee’s New Year’s Resolution Garden, essentially a packet of seed packets. The marketing pitch is that each type ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Ekaterina Vasileva-Bagler / Getty Images Homegrown vegetables are one of life’s greatest pleasures, but it can be ...

Savvy gardeners start their own garden seeds at home rather than purchasing transplants at the store. There are many benefits to starting your own seeds including cost savings and the wider selection ...

Ever spotted a discounted rack of last season’s seeds and felt tempted? Sure you have! Gardeners love a good deal, but ...

This past summer I visited Bald Head Island for the first time, and I was charmed by drifts of prairie coneflower, Ratibida columnifera, that were blooming in the medians. These little red and yellow ...

CORVALLIS – Almost 38,000 free seed packets will be distributed by Oregon State University Extension Service to Oregonians who show no signs of losing the enthusiasm for gardening generated by the ...