One thing that we don't want to do in our garden is grow the same boring vegetables that are available at the grocery. We are choosing to plant
heirloom varieties as much as possible. They seem like the safest bet for furthering the biodiversity of our food crops and they tend to taste better to my tongue. Even if better isn't the right word in the opinion of some, the vast spectrum of flavors they introduce to the palate is amazing. When commercial farms used hybridization to make all the vegetables the same size, they seem to have bred out a lot of the tastes that came with differing looks. We want it back!
If you are in Little Flower and want to join us, I will have a few extra of some of the seeds I bought and a lot extra of others! Let me know if you want to start some of these seeds in your yard. If you desire things I didn't already purchase, keep an eye out for my future buys or go straight to the source. I bought at the
Indy Winter Market from
Red Rosa Farms. Come spring, I will have started seedlings of more of these than I will need and if you want to buys seedlings, you set the price. :) I'll be glad to spread the good stuff!
What I have...
Heirloom Salad Greens
- Arugula
- Garden Cress
- Green Oakleaf Lettuce
- Mizuna
- Ruby Red Lettuce
- Speckled Trout Lettuce
- Spinach
Herb Garden Collection
- Basil Mix
- Borage
- Cilantro
- Dill
- Marjoram
- Parsley
- Thyme
- Wrinkled Crinkled Cress
Heirloom Giant Tomato Seed Collection
- Great White
- Green Giant
- Mexico
- Persimmon
- Pineapple
- Ponderosa
Other picks
- Lemon Cucumbers
- Cherokee Purple Tomatoes
(I know I already had a lot of 'mators but these Cherokee Purples were a favorite of ours last summer and I wanted to grow some!)
