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Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Collection Giveaway

02.12.2018 by Janie Hynson // 166 Comments

To continue our series of seed giveaways, we're thrilled to offer a giveaway from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. It is always such a delight when their catalog arrives in the mail - it is absolutely stunning! Baker Creek prides themselves on having rare varieties with great flavor and nutrition. As usual, this year's 21st annual catalog is full of colorful heirlooms with … [Read more...]

Categories // flowers, gardening, herbs, vegetables

Renee’s Garden Seed Giveaway

01.22.2018 by Janie Hynson // 24 Comments

We’re excited to offer another round of seed giveaways this year to get you ready for Spring planting! The first giveaway is from Renee’s Garden, a company based in Felton, California that offers vegetable, herb, and flower seeds, including heirloom, hybrid, open-pollinated, and organic seeds. The owner Renee Shepherd selects the seeds based on their great flavor and strong … [Read more...]

Categories // flowers, gardening, vegetables

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange giveaway

03.09.2017 by Janie Hynson // 54 Comments

Located in Mineral, Virginia, Southern Exposure Seed Exchange is a 72-acre farm and cooperatively run business which sells more than 800 varieties of open-pollinated, organic, and heirloom vegetable, herb, flower, grain, and cover crop seeds. Most of their seeds are grown by a network of over 50 small farms across the United States. You can learn about some of their seed … [Read more...]

Categories // flowers, gardening, herbs, Uncategorized, vegetables

Clear Creek Seeds giveaway

02.27.2017 by Janie Hynson // 67 Comments

The seed giveaways continue with a giveaway today from Clear Creek Seeds! Started in 2010, Clear Creek Seeds is a family-owned business which offers non-GMO, open-pollinated, non-treated heirloom vegetable, flower, and herb seeds. They have signed the "Safe Seed Pledge" indicating that they do not knowingly purchase or sell genetically engineered seeds. In addition to … [Read more...]

Categories // flowers, herbs, Uncategorized, vegetables

Renee’s Garden Seed Giveaway

02.16.2017 by Janie Hynson // 26 Comments

We’re excited to continue our series of seed giveaways with a giveaway from Renee’s Garden! They offer vegetable, herb, and flower seeds, including heirlooms, hybrids, open-pollinated varieties, and Certified Organic seeds. Renee's Garden also sells Scatter Garden seeds including cover crops and flowers for pollinators, custom packets for special events, and gifts for … [Read more...]

Categories // flowers, gardening, herbs, vegetables

Unusual Vegetables: Heirloom, Wild, Forgotten, and Exotic

11.28.2016 by Janie Hynson // Leave a Comment

I recently wrote about the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association Sustainable Agriculture Conference, which I attended in North Carolina earlier this month. One of my favorite workshops was ‘Unusual Vegetables from Mountains to Sea’ by Marc Williams. Marc is an ethnobotanist and the Executive Director of Plants and Healers International based in Asheville, North Carolina. More … [Read more...]

Categories // conferences, flowers, mushrooms, vegetables

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