Skip the pricey containers — this clever solution is already in your home. All you need to do is clean it out and put it to work storing your bird seed.

Whether you have vegetable seeds left over in the seed packets you bought for this year’s garden or you saved seeds from your favorite cut flowers or heirloom tomatoes, storing seeds properly is key.

Sparrow with a bird seed in its mouth perched on the stand of a hanging feeder - Tomasz Podlak/Getty Images Creating a welcoming, bird-friendly yard means offering the seeds your local feathered ...

If you’re planning to start seeds indoors this season, you likely know you’ll need a growing medium (packaged, sterile seed-starting mix is ideal), a sunny windowsill or grow lights and, of course, ...

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So you've had a successful harvest in your flower or vegetable garden -- congratulations! But as the growing season winds down, it's time to start wrapping things up in your yard. But does that mean ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anna Drybushevska After planting seeds in spring, many gardeners are left with lots of half-filled packets of vegetable, herb, and ...

Saving seeds from vegetable and ornamental plants allows gardeners the ability to preserve "desirable" traits, ensure availability of favorite plant (vegetable or ornamental) varieties, and save money ...

After planting seeds in spring, many gardeners are left with lots of half-filled packets of vegetable, herb, and flower seeds, but there’s no reason to throw those old seeds in the trash. Most seeds ...

Not Sieving Out The Plant Bits Or Chaff Before Storage Not all plant seeds come off easily and may entail quite a bit of debris, including seed casings and fruit pulp. This chaff can readily absorb ...