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As new plans progress for the jardin potager, so do the days of the winter season. January was spent pouring through seed catalogs, and placing orders from our favorite heirloom seeds sources-Monticello, Baker Creek, and Seed Savers, to name a few. The first month of a new year is a gr...
Signing the Safe Seed Pledge is entirely voluntary and totally unregulated, but it’s a very safe bet that any company that has signed the pledge and published it in their catalogs and website is committed to the cause. It reads: “Agriculture and seeds provide the basis upon which our ...
dark, moisture-free environment is sufficient. Heirloom seeds stored this way will last for3-5 years. For longer storage, place the jar in the refrigerator and the seeds should be good for 10-15 years.
If you enjoy paging through the latest garden catalogs and daydreaming about all the plants you’d like to add to your garden, how about trying it with catalogs that are 50, 100, or even 200 years old? Thanks to several dedicated members of the Historic Iris Preservation Society, catalogs...
For example, you’ve probably noticed that seed pods can form on your tulips, lilies, and other bulbs if you don’t deadhead them after flowering – but how do those seeds end up as bulbs six or eight inches underground, without a gardener to plant them there? The fascinating answer invo...
Old-Time Seeds, Modern Favorites A Few Specialty Growers and Some Catalogs Offer Heirloom Seed Varieties to Interested GardenersEACH year, I grow a cabbage in my garden that is my family's favorite. When planted in rich organic soil, it's sweet and tender enough to be eaten out of hand,...
In 2010, Mushroom Basket tomatoes were introduced through Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds in the United States and were featured in catalogs for home garden cultivation. This contributed to the variety’s expansion outside of Russia as a specialty tomato, though they remain relatively rare in other ...
From the late 1800s well into the 20th century, the John Lewis Childs Seed Company was one of the largest mail-order nurseries in the country, and its catalogs were richly illustrated. Janine enclosed copies of the catalog’s ten pages of dahlias, too. “So many!” she wrote. “Are ...