seeds

Saving tomato and pepper seed
Saving seeds can be as easy as collecting and drying pepper seed, and safely packaging them. It is a bit more complicated to save tomato seed.

How to test for seed viability
Seeds seem suspended in time, but they contain living tissues, and have a finite number of years to remain viable. Here's how to test for seed viability.

Dwarf tomato seeds
Judith Adam is picky about the tomatoes she grows. In the hundreds of tomatoes in seed catalogues, it’s not easy to find dwarf tomato seeds.

Starting primroses from seed
Starting primroses from seed doesn't always require complicated treatment to germinate. Judith Adam is enchanted by lovely old-fashioned kinds of primroses.

Winterizing woody plants
Winterizing woody plants is necessary to prevent winter damage, or worse, outright death from cold. It’s useful to remember what wrapping is meant to do — block wind from fully impacting on the wrapped plant.