So you want to save your own seeds this season but don't know where to start? Some readers have requested that I write about saving seeds -- how to harvest seeds and store them, sharing them with ...

Experienced farmers understand that saving seeds from their crops is a proven cost-cutting strategy. By preserving seeds from their most productive or distinctive plants, they ensure a head start for ...

Growing carrots from seed is something even beginning gardeners can do successfully. And homegrown carrots come in an assortment of fantastic colors—orange, purple, red, yellow, and white—and are much ...

Carrot seed oil is an essential oil, which is a combination of the aromatic compounds that naturally exist in plants. Plants use these chemicals for their own health and survival, and you can use them ...

MADRAS, Ore. — Carrot seeds grown near this small town are tiny but add up to create a mighty impact around the world. Jefferson County, Ore., harvests roughly half the global supply of hybrid carrot ...

Ken Stout, CEO of Central Oregon Seed, and Jeremiah Dung, an Oregon State University researcher, stand in a Feigner Farms carrot seed field north of Madras on Aug. 13. Dung estimated that Central ...