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garden, gardening, heirloom seeds, heirlooms, summer garden, sustainable food, sustainable living, tomatoes
06 Tuesday Jan 2015
Posted Garden
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10 Thursday Apr 2014
Posted Altadena, Garden, Why I Garden
inI start thinking about tomatoes months before I will be able to sink my teeth into their deliciousness. This year my first tomato seeds were sown in the second week of January. This year I planted many, many seeds. Some varieties are brand new to me, others are being given a second chance, while still others are in my “favorite” category. What I hadn’t planned on was the additional tomatoes I would receive from other gardeners – other people’s favorites. Continue reading
26 Saturday Jan 2013
Posted Food Politics, Garden
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chersonskaya, food politics, garden, gardening, heirlooms, seed saving, sustainable agriculture, sustainable living, tomatoes
When I began this blog I shared with my readers that I was going to plant everything from seed in 2012. It would be a first. And, with the exception of three pepper plants, everything in my garden was grown from seed last year. Making the promise to grow everything from seed motivated me to expand my seed buying options, and I turned to seed companies that grow and sell heirlooms.
Pink heirloom potatoes picked up at the farmers’ market. Delicious and a great color to get one particular child to try them.