The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

In the age of the internet, seed catalogs are still a relevant and fun resource for gardeners.

A song called “One Ton Tomato” (a parody of “Guantanamera”), as aired by radio host Dr. Demento in 1980, has stuck mercilessly in my mind ever since, and I recall it each year when the new Burpee seed ...

One of the great winter pleasures of gardeners is planning and dreaming about what to grow next season. And one of the best ways to transform those dreams into reality is to browse through some of the ...

This winter as seed catalogs started showing up in gardeners' mailboxes, one stood out. Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company splashed photos of the purple galaxy tomato on its cover. It bragged, This ...

If you peruse a seed catalog, especially one geared toward heirloom vegetables, you’ll quickly realize that the selection of tomato transplants in nurseries pales in comparison to the variety of seed ...

Robins get all the credit for being a first sign of spring, but that’s not entirely true. For gardeners, a seed catalog arriving in the mailbox is the first proof that spring is on its way. Seed ...

Delivered to mailboxes in the depths of winter, seed catalogs are like a sunny day for gardeners dreaming of big, juicy summer tomatoes. Seed catalogs have been part of U.S. horticultural history ...

The seeds released this year inadvertently made it on to the cover of a non-GMO seed catalog. How seeds for genetically modified purple tomatoes ended up in a non-GMO seed catalog The seeds released ...