Welcome to the new Heirloom Seeds Database
Welcome while we get all our heirloom seeds information ported over to our new site! It will be a work in progress over the next few days, but then the database will be better than ever The veggie...
View ArticleStarting a Seed Bank in Santa Cruz
There was a really great article last month about how a UCSC college grad started up a seed bank in Santa Cruz to save heirloom seeds in the community. The 21-year-old UC–Santa Cruz history major...
View ArticleSeed & Biodiversity Forum
I came across this video on Youtube, a neatly one hour video featuring guest speakers talking about seeds and biodiversity. There is also Q&A in the video as well, which asks some pretty tough...
View ArticleFriday Heirloom Gardening & Cooking Roundup
Here is a roundup of some of the heirloom gardening related blogs, recipes and events from the past week. Mmmmm… Heirloom Tomatoes & Veggies Julie from Growing Days talks about building her garden...
View ArticleAvoiding GMO Fruits & Veggies (Infographic)
A quick reference for what is safe and not safe when wanting to buy fresh fruits and veggies at the grocery store. And we will keep it up to date as more GMOs unfortunately enter the market area...
View ArticleFriday Heirloom Roundup
Here is our heirloom gardening round up from the past week. First, if you didn’t see our Avoiding GMO Foods & Veggies, be sure to share it! Avoiding GMO Fruits & Veggies Infographic Heirloom...
View ArticleHeat resistant heirloom tomatoes to prevent blossom drop
Areas in the Southern US are facing plenty of tomato problems this year because the weather is too hot at night, resulting in a great deal of blossom drop (we included a video about blossom drop at the...
View ArticleHeirloom Gardening Roundup
I wasn’t able to do the round up for a couple weeks, so there are tons of links here today And please like us on Facebook, we just started our Facebook page and it’s looking pretty lonely :) We are...
View ArticleA look inside the White House Vegetable Garden for the Kitchen
If you haven’t heard of the White House Vegetable Garden, it was a garden spearheaded by Michelle Obama. And I was surprised to hear that the First Family does have something from the garden at every...
View ArticleSharing Your Heirloom Vegetable Harvest With Friends & Families
Are your tomato plants producing more than you can process or freeze? Or is your garden looking like cucumbers gone wild? If you have a plentiful harvest, you definitely should share them amongst...
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