GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — If you find an old seed packet in your garden items, like Bobby did, it is easy to see if it is still viable. Just moisten a paper towel and put it in a sealed ziploc bag or a ...

Packets of seed for vegetables and flowers often contain more than a gardener needs in a single season, and gardeners end up saving the rest of the packet for the next year. Then these open seed ...

The end of the warmer months can be depressing for the avid gardener. Thankfully, seeds from past blooms give hope for future plantings. But seeds don’t last forever, and the older they get, the less ...