When to harvest: Most salad tomatoes begin fruiting in midsummer and continue through the first frost. Begin scouting for ...

Heirloom plants also don't march in step like soldiers. Plants from a packet of Golden Bantam corn, a delectable variety dating back to 1902, ripen over the course of more than a week.

Heirloom seeds are one of the pandemic’s biggest gardening trends. It’s not too late to plant some Amie Watson Special to The Globe and Mail Published May 13, 2021 ...

Mary Brittain, co-owner of The Cottage Gardener, an heirloom plant nursery west of Port Hope, Ont., started growing heirloom plants after recovering from a serious illness several years ago.

Heirloom garlic is a must-plant in October for gardeners looking to cultivate robust and flavorful bulbs. Originating from Central Asia, garlic has been a cornerstone of culinary and medicinal ...

Many of Taylor’s produce comes from heirloom plants. She saves seeds from season to season and has also bought heirloom seeds. Heirloom vegetables are open-pollinated instead of hybrid.

Heirloom garden plants are old varieties that are open-pollinated, allowing home gardeners to save seed and preserve the plant’s unique adaptations, flavors, and appearance for generations.

A. Honesty, also called “money plant,” is an heirloom flower grown for its clusters of fragrant lilac flowers in spring and the round, papery seed pods, like silver dollars, that follow.

7. Non-GMO and Heirloom Plants: Organic gardening often involves the use of non-genetically modified organism (non-GMO) and heirloom plant varieties.