If you've enjoyed a particularly delicious or productive tomato variety this season, why not save the seeds and grow them ...

Yes, that means saving the seeds from your tomato plant and sowing them again next year. It's not something that's commonly done, but it is possible when you have heirloom and open-pollinated ...

Seeds that are more diverse will automatically ripen over a longer period. But there are other reasons diversity is important ...

Person planting seeds in a starter tray indoors - Fotostorm/Getty Images Living in an area with four seasons gives you the gifts of the first spring flowers, summer abundance, brilliant fall ...