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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...
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,...
The greenhouse got a fence. The hollyhocks bloomed. The 1750 House cupola was rebuilt. The vegetable garden was harvested for spring. And then it was re-planted for summer. The holidays were celebrated. The tomatoes climbed. Tulip bulbs were ordered for fall. Vegetable seeds were exchanged. A...
Jere Gettle of Baker Creek Seeds often finds listings of rare and forgotten seeds in decades-old seed catalogs. Oftentimes, the oldest heirlooms fell out of popularity, stopped being carried by seed companies, or were replaced with improved hybrids. Hundreds of heirlooms were lost from the publ...