Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) is an easy-to-grow plant worth adding to your garden to avoid buying birdseed. It grows sunflower-like glossy white seeds, except they're much harder to crack.

If you enjoy watching your feathered friends year-round, there are multiple benefits to having a bird feeder in your yard. Almost any kind of seed mix will work to attract birds if you don't care ...

And during World War II, planting ceased because the government deemed it "useless for boosting food production." Safflower farming was revived shortly after the war, when a handful of seeds ...