Why so many professional growers insist on the Seeds of Change Organic Advantage

Why so many professional growers insist on the Seeds of Change Organic Advantage


Superior to Conventionally-Grown Seeds
Planting organic seeds is best for the environment, because no pesticides were used in seed production. It allows you to utilize germplasm grown on organic farms and selected for adaptability to organic growing conditions. A 100% organic farm is the key to a healthy soil, a healthy ecosystem and sustainable agriculture—and nobody knows organic seeds as well as we do.
Commitment to Open-Pollinated Seeds
At Seeds of Change, we practice and encourage conservation by selling open-pollinated seeds that reproduce true to form... helping to preserve genetic diversity worldwide. Yet we realize hybrids also have their place on organic farms—so we offer the most exceptional hybrid varieties that organic growers have asked for.
Many Heirloom and Traditional Varieties
You'll find many rare varieties that have been saved for generations in this catalog. With good reason - all have treasured traits that are well worth preserving, and all convey exceptional flavor and aroma from the field to the table.
Total Control from Our Fields to Yours
Unlike some companies who merely repackage organic seeds from wholesalers, we monitor every step of our seed production—through our network of highly-skilled organic seed farmers across the country.
Extensive Breeding and Variety Trials
Each year, we collect data and conduct evaluation on all of our Seeds of Change varieties of seed. Our research and testing provide confidence in the quality of our seed and ensure high germination rates that produce healthy, hardy plants.
Our Growers, Chefs, and Distributors Network
Seeds of Change sponsors regular events that link the farmers who plant our seeds with the distributors and chefs who bring their produce to market. We make certain our varieties flourish not only in the field, but also in gourmet marketplaces and the finest restaurants. Make us your partner for crops that deliver the flavor, fragrance, and beauty that keep your customers coming back.
Organic from Seed to Plate

About the Seeds of Change Trial Crop Program

Just as the earliest farmers selected seeds from their best plants to assure an improved harvest for the following year, we work hard to bring the best seed possible to organic farmers to assure success with their crops. Every year our extensive research program evaluates hundreds of new and interesting plant varieties from around the world. When we find one we think is worth preserving, we often work to improve the selected strain before we begin production. Over the past four years Seeds of Change has established a network of organic farmers who trial Seeds of Change varieties on their farms.
Throughout each growing season, a representative from Seeds of Change visits each field to collect data and evaluate the performance of each variety with the grower. The farmers compare varieties from Seeds of Change with other commercially available varieties and provide feedback on the varieties' performance. The field evaluations focus on agronomic traits such as:

• plant vigor
• pest and disease resistance
• yield

And horticultural traits such as:

• superior flavor
• attractive appearance
• varietal integrity (trueness of type).

The on-farm trials represent a variety of climatic and cultural growing conditions, from moist, cool conditions along the Pacific coastline to extremely dry summer heat of central California. This allows us to test a variety's performance in a range of environmental settings and various bioregions.


Heirloom Seeds

An increasing number of urban dwellers and space-challenged people want to reconnect to nature through gardening. With imagination, you can transform a cityscape or a suburban apartment into a vibrant, green world. Small spaces such as patios, rooftops, window boxes, or even empty lots are fertile ground in which to plant seed. As an environmentally conscious container gardener, you reap the benefits of visual beauty and healthy fresh food.
We have put together this special urban and container gardening section to help in your selection of appropriate seed varieties, soil amendments, tools and containers. We invite you to browse these suggestions and mix and match products that suit your needs. For further information and full descriptions of each product, please visit the appropriate section of the website. Please also feel free to call or email us, we are happy to be of assistance. We wish you the best of luck in beautifying your environment!

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Digging in the Dirt

We love getting our hands into the soil as much as you do, so we've developed this new section to provide you with information and resources to assist you in having your most successful garden ever. Our online GardenCycle™ Planner and our Gardening Information will help increase your knowledge of sustainable organic practices and give you tips on how best to apply this knowledge to your own specific conditions.

At Seeds of Change, we are committed to helping you achieve success in your garden using sustainable, organic methods—from starting seeds, to controlling weeds and pests, to gathering and preparing the harvest, right on down to saving seeds and even developing unique varieties suited to your specific conditions.

Through hands-on experience, scouring the literature for great gardening and culinary books, and playing an active role in the organic gardening and farming communities, we have developed a broad knowledge base that we seek to share with our fellow gardeners.

Seed Varieties

We are offering many rare seed varieties online only. Hurry, some seeds will only be available for a few more weeks!

Your source for 1400 heirloom seeds. We only offer open-pollinated seeds: pure, natural & non-GMO!

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Garden advice

Heirloom seeds offers gardening tips by plant type that includes important and helpful information like:

• how to prepare your soil to support healthy plants
• detailed planting instructions
• how to get the best yield from your garden
• how to water (and not over-water!) your garden
• what fertilizers to use, and how to apply them
• gardening challenges to watch out for
• gardening tips for when and how to harvest your crop
• how to freeze, dehydrate, or store your prized vegetables, fruit and herbs.
• how to harvest seeds from your vegetable, fruit, herbs, and flowers to grow in next season's garden.
  (And remember... Even the best gardeners love fresh flowers delivered from FTD!)
• garden fresh recipes on our blog that will delight your family

The gardening advice provided will help in taking the mystery out of the gardening process, and show you how to grow your dream garden.

Growing Vegetables

Growing Vegetables, Fruit, Herbs and Flowers Heirloom seeds .

Gardening can be simple, fun & rewarding... when you have the information you need. Our goal is to take the mystery out of how to garden.

A home garden can supplement your family's food supply, provide culinary or medicinal herbs, or even simply offer the joy that fresh flowers bring. It's no surprise that gardening has long been America's #1 hobby. But now, in these difficult times, knowing how to garden has become even more important.

• Growing your own vegetables, fruit, and herbs can help put nutritious food on your family's table, at a fraction of the grocery store cost.
• The flavor and health benefits of home gardening are incomparable.

Our how to garden instructions will help your garden be successful. (For more on the benefits of growing your own vegetable, fruit, and herb garden read: gardening benefits.)

Not sure where to start? Begin with the gardening basics, read: how to garden - plan your vegetable garden.

For detailed how to garden instructions, please select a category below:

--> Vegetable gardening tips
How to garden instructions for growing your favorite vegetables

--> Herb gardening tips
How to garden instructions for growing your favorite herbs

--> Fruit Gardening Tips

What are Hybrid Seeds

A hybrid seed has been bred for various qualities including disease resistance and production yield. As diseases evolve to attack the newer hybrids, the hybrid itself is re-engineered to combat the evolving threat. Hybrids are also engineered for specific climates and environments. A side effect of a hybrid plant is it will often not produce new plants from it’s seed and therefore will require you to purchase new seeds each year. This is all very good for the corporate machine. It is very bad for your long term survival, to depend upon the availability of these seeds at your local Walmart.

What are Heirloom Seeds

Heirloom seeds will produce plants that have the same genetic make up, and will be exactly the same as their parents. It will be the same plant, and have the same taste that you remember from your grandparents garden plants. A heirloom plant is one that has been passed down through generations.
More importantly, the seeds of the heirloom plant will again be exactly the same and will produce again for the next growing season. It is a self sustaining food producing system, whereas hybrid plants and their saved seeds often do not produce the second time around. Heirloom fruits and vegetables have evolved and adapted themselves over time to fit in to the environment that they are in, including their natural diseases and pests.

Heirloom Varieties

Organic Heritage Vegetables

Those tomatoes, potatoes and carrots you see in the grocery all look relatively the same. The tomatoes are always red, round and shiny, and the carrots orange. These vegetables did not always look like this. There are hundreds of different varieties of these vegetables being grown around the world that you may have never even seen or heard of.
Heritage varieties of vegetables (also referred to as heirloom vegetables) are those varieties, which have been openly pollinated and have existed for more than fifty years. If you have ever gone to a local farmers market with a variety of organic produce available, you may have seen green and pink tomatoes or purple carrots. These strange and interesting varieties on your old favourites are heritage vegetables.
These veggies are colorful!
Heritage carrots may be purple, pink or even black. Heritage tomatoes can be as small as peas or as big as melons, they can be green and pink, striped or purple and red or even shaped like bananas. Heritage potatoes can be purple, red or pink, large or small and long or round. The variety in flavour, size and color means a healthy combination of vitamins and minerals and more excitement for your dinner table. Your children will love these fun vegetables as much as you do.
Heritage vegetables provide important vitamins
A balanced diet consists of an ever-changing variety of fruits, vegetables, proteins and grains. Eating carrots every day is healthy, but carrots contain only some of the many vitamins and minerals necessary to your health. Expanding your palate and your table to include a rich variety of colors and flavours is beneficial to the health of your body and mind.
The color of a vegetable means something more than what it looks like. The colors of vegetables are affected by the vitamins and minerals contained therein. Having a literally colourful diet is important for your health. A blueberry and a purple carrot both provide your body with antioxidants, blueberries are in anthocyanin pigments which are powerful antioxidants. And carrots contain carotenoid pigments, the darker the colour of a carrot means that this carrot contains a higher concentration of carotenoids than say, an orange carrot.
Short history of heritage vegetables
Over the last one hundred years, seed diversity has been shrinking. Plants have been bred for their disease resistance, shelf life, and ability to travel. This is the equivalent of in-breeding your vegetables. Heritage vegetable varieties have withstood this narrowing and contaminating of vegetable varieties.
With the development of supermarkets, and the large industrial farm, the acts of growing and eating have changed. You may live hundreds of miles from the farm on which your produce was grown. The tomato or carrot you are eating had to be bred to travel in a truck, to then sit on a shelf for a long time. One hundred years ago these factors were not a concern. Heritage vegetables do not travel or sit well. If you are eating heritage vegetables, chances are they are local.

Plantsman's Nursery - Heirloom Seeds

Choice plants seen in the gardens may be bought in the Plantsman's Nursery - a treasure trove of sought-after plants. Our nursery is well stocked, predominantly with herbaceous plants, with the emphasis on the rare and unusual. To enable us to keep prices low, many of our smaller plants are not individually labelled, but we give out DIY labelling kits at the nursery entrance, so do please make use of this facility if needed.

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One of the floral delights of Devon, Plant World Gardens are laid out to represent each of the five continents of the world. Inspirational gardens from around the world contain countless rare and exotic plants seldom seen outside their native lands. A large mature cottage garden and mediterranean garden completes the collection.

Established in 1985, Plant World is the culmination of plantsman Ray Brown's lifelong ambition and has been featured on the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. The magnificent views over the Teign Valley, from Dartmoor to the sea, provide the incredible backdrop to what will surely be a memorable visit. So if you are passionate about plants and gardens, Plant World is a definite 'must-see' during your visit to beautiful South Devon.

Opening times: The gardens are open from 9:30 to 17:00 daily, seven days a week, from April until mid October.

Admission prices: Day tickets are £3.00. Season tickets for unlimited visits are £10.00.

Note that there is a special offer to all those who purchase seed from us online - simply bring along a printout of the E-Mail confirming your order, and you and up to four others can gain entry ABSOLUTELY FREE!! But remember to enter a valid E-Mail address when ordering in order to be able to take advantage of this offer.

Group Visits

Although our gardens will appeal to everyone, we are a favourite venue for garden clubs and horticultural societies. Groups visit us from all over the country to spend an enjoyable day with us. We will gladly send you an information pack if requested - select 'Contact Us' from the menu.

If you would like to visit as a group please confirm in writing or by E-Mail at least two weeks in advance. We recommend a minimum of an hour and a half to see the gardens and nursery; very keen gardeners often spend the day here. Visiting groups often split a day by combining a visit here with another garden nearby. Please request details if interested.

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Heritage Farm

Heritage Farm is the headquarters of Seed Savers Exchange. The farm is located six miles north of Decorah, Iowa. Nestled among sparkling streams, limestone bluffs, and century-old white pine woods, the 890-acre farm is a living museum of historic varieties. Thousands of heirlooms are grown in certified organic fields. The farm includes:

•   Preservation Gardens
•   Historic Orchard
•   Ancient White Park Cattle

The buildings on the farm are also a treasure. Amish carpenters have built a meeting center in the barn’s cathedral-like loft and have completed Lillian Goldman Visitors Center that offers a wide selection of heirloom seeds, horticultural books and garden gifts.

Seed Savers Exchange adheres to the Safe Seed Pledge.

Preservation Gardens

There are many thousands of heirloom garden varieties being permanently maintained at Heritage Farm. The Preservation Gardens are planted on certified organic land and are open for public viewing. From each packet of seed purchased, 25 cents goes into an endowment to help pay salaries of employees who maintain SSE's vast collection.

Historic Orchard

In 1900 there were about 8,000 named varieties of apples in the U.S., but the vast majority are already extinct and the rest are steadily dying out. In an attempt to halt this constant genetic erosion, SSE has obtained all of the pre-1900 varieties that still exist in government collections and large private collections, but has only found about 700 that remain of the 8,000 known in 1900. SSE has developed a diverse public orchard, where hundreds of different varieties of 19th century apples are on display. SSE's Historic Orchard also contains many old grapes, including more than 100 breeding lines from the collection of famed grape breederm, Elmer Swenson.

Ancient White Park Cattle

These cattle roamed the British Isles before the time of Christ, and are described exactly in ancient Celtic lore. Today only about 800 of these extremely rare, wild cattle survive worldwide, including slightly more than 200 in the U.S. (and about 80 of those reside at Heritage Farm). These distinctive cattle have white coats, lyre-shaped horns with black tips, and black ears, noses, eyes, teats and hooves (and sometimes black is splashed from the hooves up the front shins toward the knees). The cows are intelligent, alert, quite hardy, healthy, and are aggressive grazers that favor brush.

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Mustard Seeds

Mustard

This plant has been used as a green and to spice up food for generations. It is an easy, fast-growing crop. The raw greens are delicious in salads and cooked. The seeds can be harvested to make the famous mustard condiment so often enjoyed on hot dogs and hamburgers.
Plant Details: There are various types of mustard plants with different leaf structures, tastes and colors. Mustard is a great plant to grow in Southern, Central and Northern United States because of the weather. Their flowers are bright yellow flowers that are insect pollinated.
Growing Conditions: Mustard seeds should be planted every 3 inches and covered by ¼ inch of soil. The rows should be about a foot apart, and the seedlings should be thinned to every 5 to 9 inches. They prefer cool weather, full sun exposure, plenty of water and fertilizer. Hot weather causes the plant to prematurely bolt. The seeds are best planted at intervals to ensure a long harvest period.
Days to Maturity: Mustard plants mature in 45 to 50 days. The seeds are ready to be harvested once the plant turns yellow. They should remain on the plant as long as possible, yet harvested before their pods burst. Mustard greens are delicious when harvested while young and still tender.
Nutrition: Mustard leaves are low in calories (11 calories per ½ cup) and high in vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium and iron.
For planting tips go to:
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All-In-One Heritage Garden Kit that contains absolutely everything you could need to have a bountiful organic heritage garden and eat the same historic and healthy food your ancestors enjoyed before hybrids and corporate farms controlled the food industry.

By purchasing our GARDEN KIT you get 67 varieties of heirloom seeds for 60% less and a FREE sample of 100% Organic Vegetable Thrive that will triple the size of your roots, an heirloom seed planner to help you plant each variety at the right time.

All of our wonderful heirloom seeds are 100% Certified to be open pollinated, Non Hybrid and Non GMO seeds. All of our seeds are from the 2010 harvest season and have a 98.7% germination rate. Our vegetable seeds are proven to grow in most every zone in the USA. Our family does everything by hand: gardening, saving seeds, packaging and shipping. If you’d prefer to select your own heirloom seeds- we have 200 varieties to choose from. We also package more seeds (30) inside each pack than other seed companies. And don’t forget to try our all-organic Time Release Trace Mineral Pellets for your garden so your vegetables will contain the minerals they and you need for optimum health.

Happy Gardening,

The Lipscomb Family

Feel confident planting our heirloom seeds this Spring and Fall. We know there are numerous places you can order heirloom seeds but we hope you take the time to consider the quality and care we take to offer you premium all natural garden seeds in our exclusive heirloom seed kit. These 67 varieties we have selected from among our 200 varieties are considered rare seeds by most seasoned heritage gardeners. We hope you buy heritage seeds from us and we will do all we can to make your purchase a rewarding experience. Our Heirloom Seed Catalog is online and FREE to print HERE.

Garden Seed Kit Makes a Novice an Expert

Big John Lipscomb

The best gardeners are those that grew up tilling the earth or hung out with an older generation that enjoyed the challenge of gardening and didn’t mind getting their knees a little dirty in an attempt to birth life and spur good health by growing nutritious food.

However, most of us are now city dwellers or suburbanites that are always between taking the kids to this or that and mowing the lawn and have failed to learn the intricacies of gardening. As a result, the knowledge of growing your own food from seed to plate has been lost. Of course if you have a computer you are seconds away from all of it written on digital paper. But the bridge between reading about gardening and actually getting out in the soil has few travelers.

Because of this, we have created the world’s first and only heritage garden kit and it has everything you need to grow an award winning garden. It comes with a video teaching you the basics of organic gardening, a book about saving seeds so you can grow your next garden for free. We’ve also included 100% organic microbial soil additive and 67 varieties of heirloom vegetable seeds that have been proven to grow in any most every zone.

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Beans

Versatile and hardy in the kitchen and the garden, beans are excellent crops for home gardeners. They are highly adaptable, fast growing, and store for long periods of time with very little work. Though small in size, they are highly nutritious. These legumes are one of the oldest foods on the planet. At least one type of bean originates from every continent, excluding Antarctica.
Plant Details: Some varieties grow on bushes, while others grow on vines.  Beans are generally divided into 3 categories: snap, shell, and dry. Beans are not always green; some varieties are yellow, purple, red, and multi-colored. There is no need to worry about genetic contamination because beans are self-pollinating. Fertilization occurs before the flowers open.
Beans contain symbiotic bacteria that metabolize nitrogen into the soil, fertilizing themselves along with neighboring plants.  After harvest, the plants make great compost for next year’s crops.
Growing Conditions: Beans are annuals that grow best in warm weather (70-80 degrees F / 21-26 degrees C) with exposure to full sunlight in well-watered, well-drained soil.  The best time to plant is 1 week after the last spring frost.
Days to Maturity: Beans range between 40 and 90 days to mature, depending on the type and variety. The seeds save for up to 5 years.
Nutrition:  Beans contain Protein, Fiber, and Vitamins A, C, and B.
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Rutabagas

This easy to grow root vegetable makes a tasty addition to soups, salads and other dishes. Its taste is similar to a sweet turnip. The first records of Rutabaga come from Southern Europe in the 17th century when it was used as animal feed.
Plant Details: A cross between a cabbage and a turnip, Rutabagas (Brassica napus) is a biennial with large roots the size of a softball. The colors range from tan to violet. The round root becomes more flavorful when cooked. The smaller cultivars have a sweeter flavor.
This plant requires insect pollination. Rutabagas needs to be transplanted its second spring about 200 feet away from other varieties to prevent genetic contamination. Seeds do not set until the second year.
Growing Conditions: This crop does best in the fall or cool summers. The roots become tough and inedible in hot weather. The seeds should be planted every 2 inches in rows at least 15 inches apart. Germination takes place in 4 to 7 days in weather ranging 45 to 85 degrees F (7 to 29 degrees C). Thin the seedlings 6 to 8 inches apart when they reach 3 inches tall. This plant does well in a variety of soils and full sunlight.
Days to Maturity: This plant matures in 90 to 100 days. Rutabaga stores for up to one month in the refrigerator and four months at 32 degrees F (0 degrees C).  The seeds store for 3 years.
Nutrition: One half cup of Rutabaga is only 25 calories and gives you a good dose of fiber, vitamin A, vitamin C, iron and protein
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Amishland Heirloom Seed Home

Amishland Heirloom Seeds offers completely organic fresh peas, beans and lima seeds for gardeners, grown from our fertile garden.
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Amishland Heirloom Seed Home

Welcome fellow home gardeners! I am a single woman who created this website, Amishland Heirloom Seeds about 3 years ago in order to share with you my heirloom, heritage, exotic and foreign organically raised seeds. All of my seeds come from my very own plants. I NEVER sell or will sell anyone else's seed, only my very own hand grown, hand selected seed. I have been growing my own organically raised seeds in this location for over 6 years. I am an experienced gardener and a graduate of the Pennsylvania Master Gardener program. Not only am I the sole owner of Amishland Heirloom Seeds but I am the only employee of my unique seed company with no other human or mechanical help. When I say I do it by hand, I am not kidding. I have a spade, shovel and my (sometimes aching) back! I am very proud of what I have been able to accomplish in just a few short years on my very fertile small plot of land here in "Pennsylvania Dutch" country, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

I specialize in rare varieties grown in my local area since the 1700's by the farmers who settled in the rich central Pennsylvania farmland where I live. These seeds, mostly vegetables and a few flowers, ( to grow "chust for nice" as they say locally) have been cultivated for generations by my Pennsylvania neighbors. I live surrounded by Old Order Amish, Old Order Mennonite, and Pennsylvania German farm families on their multigenerational farms. (Old Order means they farm with horses or mules and use horse drawn buggies and wagons- no cars, no tractors, etc.) You cannot find many of these historic, rare heirlooms anywhere but here at Amishland Heirloom Seeds.

Besides my local heirlooms, I also offer rare colored, unusual, landrace, exotic, and foreign seeds from around the world. Many of my seed offerings are exclusive to the United States. I have travelled extensively to 38 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, South and North America. I lived for over two and half years in the Himalayan Mountains in Kashmir, India (many believe this is the original "Shangri-La," and it is also the home of the historic Moghgul era Shalimar Gardens.) I have also lived and worked in Panama, Israel, Seychelles Islands, and Sri Lanka. I will try to share some of my personal stories of how the rest of the world grows their food and what they really eat. I have since traded seeds with a host of dedicated fellow gardeners and seed savers from 5 continents. I grow out these unique seeds for you from my own plants so that I can offer you the most unusual, exotic and rare vegetables and flower seeds.

To my knowledge, I am only one of 3 seed companies in the United States that truly grows ALL of their own seed stock, which means I may, by necessity, have limited quantities of some of my offerings. 

Because I grow all my own plants using safe, proven organic methods, I never use poisons, pesticides or any non-organic material on my plants. I use only products that are nationallycertified for organic growers. I am not able to be certified organic since the cost is prohibitive in my state for a small hobby business such as mine. I save all of my seeds strictly following Susan Ashworth's methods outlined in her fabulous "bible" of seed saving: Seed to Seed. I also follow her detailed instructions for isolating plants for maximum seed purity (so the plants will not be crossed in any way). I have made every effort to keep the varieties pure and consistent with their original descriptions and flavor, by the process known as "roguing-out," where only the best examples of that plant are collected for seed saving.

I have signed the "SAFE SEED PLEDGE," which states the I will never knowingly sell genetically modified, or "Terminator Technology" seeds. Because I grow absolutely all of my own plants for all the seeds I sell, however, this will not be a worry for all of my gardening friends. These are ONLY my own seeds, and absolutely none come from any commercial source.

I only grow open-pollinated varieties of plants that have stood the test of time. I take all my own photographs of only my plants. I take hours trying for the perfect photo that shows you the beauty and true colors of my peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, flowers and so forth. I never use any enhancements or computer generated "gizmos" to make the photos look better or different. What you see is what I actually grew out. I have copyrighted all of my photos and all of my own copy and descriptions. I trust you will ask permission from me if you need to make a copy for your own growing records. Kindly read my "Terms and Conditions" page regarding copyright infringement.

Recently I have sourced several more very Rare Veggies of vegetables and flowers which I now have grown out in sufficient quantities to finally offer these seeds for sale. I especially love really unusual, rare, hard to find historical vegetables. Therefore, I am now offering a much larger selection of seeds from all over the world, that I hope will knock your socks off with their wild, unexpected colors and appearance.

Since I worked for years at an 18th century Pennsylvania German Living History Museum, I particularly treasure the history and stories that go with each plant. I carefully research and document as much information and history as I am able to find for each variety of seed I sell. Much of that information is from my personal experience in that country or from my many local gardener friends. Therefore you will learn so much more here than from other seed sellers about the varieties of vegetables and flowers I sell. I want to share with you, the home gardener, as much information as I am able. You will not just purchase my open pollinated seeds, you will also get a real education and personal history about that plant. I feel it is very important to keep the stories behind the plants alive, as well as ensuring their rich heritage by planting, growing and actually eating them.

I offer you my own personal tried and true Seed Starting and Growing Tips. You may be surprised by some of my tips, but I promise you will have a great deal more success starting and growing your seedlings. You can read my specialized, detailed, growing instructions that come from my years of gardening, much book research, ( you should see my library of antique and out of print farming and gardening books! ). And most of all, what I have learned from those gardener friends older and wiser than myself.

I want you to be able to grow and savor the wonderful taste of old fashioned, heirloom vegetables, which were grown for eating quality and taste, not just for looks and shipping ability like today's hybrid commercial vegetables. I want you to have the garden of your dreams. Now you will be able to savor the delicious flavors, that our ancestors took for granted, that are so lacking in most of today's modern, hybrid and genetically altered vegetables. You may see colors and shapes that you never imagined or knew existed, all in my old time or exotic heirloom varieties. Please see my New Varieties 2011 page for a quick overview of my new offerings and where to find them on my website.

The Flower Seeds I offer are the older, often much more fragrant, and bug-resistant types such as your great-grandmother might have grown. I will be selling as many kinds as I have sufficient quantities of seed to share. I am especially excited about my "Heppler Farm" sweet pea, which has never been available for sale before. I am more of a vegetable gardener, so I offer really easy to grow flowers that you can plant, forget and just enjoy later on.

I welcome your requests for unusual, old fashioned, or even foreign varieties that you have been searching for. You may remember something a grandparent or ancestor grew and may be seeking it out. I often have rare seeds in insufficient quantities to post on this website that I may be able to sell to those that have been searching for that "holy grail" of a lost variety. I also welcome seeds trades of very unusual seeds. Please remember, I have a very large number of seeds not listed here in my personal collection. I also have a limited ability to isolate large growers such as pumpkins, squash, and cabbage. Please feel free to email me with your "wish lists" and what seeds you might want to trade. I am sorry but due to the high cost of printing, this is an Internet only seed business. I cannot offer a printed catalogue. My entire stock of seeds for sale is listed on these pages of the website.

I truly believe every gardener should have the chance to experience the past, and to literally travel all over the world by growing Amishland Heirloom Seeds' rare, heirloom flowers and vegetable seeds.

Seeds of Change

Seeds of Change heirloom organic tomato seeds ♦ Organic Soil ♦ Reyclable windowsill protector tray ♦ 1-2-3 easy grow guide ...
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We sell only Organic Heirloom seeds that are not genetically modified. Heirloom seeds are sustainable and renewable, and are your only true source for a safe food supply.

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Heirloom Acres Seeds

Heirloom Acres is the ultimate resource for heirloom and open-pollinated seeds, organic fertilizers, gardening supplies, and books.
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Welcome to the 2011 Spring and Summer Growing Season at Heirloom Acres Seeds!


Heirloom Seeds continues to have one of the very best selections of quality open pollinated and heirloom seeds in the country! We offer some of the lowest prices to be found anywhere as well as giving unbeatable customer service. We stock seeds packaged in sizes for the home gardener as well as commercial growers, greenhouses, seed dealers and nurseries.

Heirloom Vegetable, Herb and Flower Seeds!

With well over 1000 varieties of seed, we have most of the reliable and trusted favorites as well as many, many hard to find and rare varieties. Check back frequently for newly added varieties from this year's harvest!

Asparagus Crowns, Potatoes, Garlic and Onions!

Heirloom Acres Seeds once again makes available an outstanding group of asparagus, onion and potato varieties as well as horseradish roots, rhubarb crowns and more.

Supplies, Books, Cultivation Aids!

Explore our greatly expanded bookstore, browse through our supply section! Everything we can think of to help you learn about it, grow it, harvest it and preserve it!

The Kitchen Cabinet is Now Open!!!
Stock Up on Your Pickling, Baking, Cooking and Tea Supplies Now!

We are please to announce that we now offer fresh, fragrant kitchen ready herbs and spices in inexpensive, bulk quantities. We  also now stock a growing line of natural legumes, seeds and grains. Open "The Kitchen Cabinet" to find out more!

The Medicine Cabinet is our Newest Addition!

We now stock many of your old-time favorite lotions, creams and salves! We are VERY pleased to offer a line of Bee Naturals soaps, creams, lotions and other products made from 100% natural ingredients right here in Missouri. The "Medicine Cabinet is" now open!

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The Source for Heirloom SeedsOur family invites you to enter our online storeDon't Forget the Gift Certificates! Give the Gift that Grows!

"Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is itself, on the earth"; and it was so.

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Survivalist Seeds

No Heirloom Seed Company On Earth Can Match Us In Quality & Price

All-In-One Heirloom Garden Kit with 60 heirloom varieties and over 10000 heirloom seeds for 75% less than elsewhere. Our rare vegetable seeds are non hybrid .
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Heirloom Plant

Heirloom plant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

One worldwide alternative is to submit heirloom seeds to a seedbank. These public repositories in turn maintain and disburse these genetics to anyone who ...
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Victory Seeds

Welcome to Victory Seeds - Rare, Open-pollinated & Heirloom Garden

Victory Heirloom Seeds offers a wide variety of rare heirloom and open- pollinated vegetable, heirloom herb, and heirloom flower seeds.
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Seed Savers Exchange

What are Heirlooms? Seed Savers Exchange defines an heirloom as any garden plant that has a history of being passed down within a family, just like pieces ...
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Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Heirloom Garden Seeds. Vegetables, Flowers & Herbs! All Non-Hybrid & Non-GMO Seeds! We offer Free Heirloom Seed Catalog and have retail seed stores.

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Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds - 1400 heirloom garden seeds!

HEIRLOOM SEEDS - over 1400 varieties of non-hybrid seeds

HEIRLOOM SEEDS - over 1400 varieties of non-hybrid seeds including

Non-hybrid vegetable, flower, and herb seeds for sale. Your best source for heirloom vegetable seeds, heirloom flower seeds and heirloom herb seeds.

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What the heirloom seed movement

What the heirloom seed movement is about

The movement is made up of backyard gardeners and organic farmers dedicated to preserving seeds. These are seeds that have not been inbred or genetically altered in any way. Most heirloom seeds date back hundreds of years to the early colonial period; however, an heirloom seed is any seed that was introduced before the 1920’s, before hybrid crops were first commercialized.

They are named as such because they can be traced back to their origins, connecting us to our own heritage. The movement preserves seeds used by ancient Mesoamerican and Native American peoples along with seeds brought across the Atlantic by early immigrant populations from all over the world.

Heirloom seeds provide farmers and gardeners the freedom to save seeds and breed new varieties. This in turn frees the agricultural industry from complete privatization and corporate takeover. The movement works to preserve plants that are adapted to specific soils of place, adaptable to climates, resistant to local pests and diseases, and produce healthier, more flavorful food. Saving and sharing heirloom seed encourages genetic plant diversity which gives us reliable food security.

These types of seeds are also referred to as heritage seeds, non-hybrid seeds, Non-GMO seeds, and open-pollinated seeds. The term “open-pollinated” means that the seeds are fertile and come back year after year true to type, looking like their parent plants because of no genetic tampering or severe inbreeding.

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Heirloom Seed Movement

The history of the heirloom seed movement

Heirloom seeds exist only because of the heirloom seed movement.  True heirloom seeds are not available commercially. The only way they can be obtained is from gardeners, farmers, and seed exchanges dedicated to saving and sharing precious seed resources with others interested in joining and expanding the heirloom seed movement.  

Why the heirloom seed movement began
Over the past 60 years multinational corporations have been gaining control over the availability and distribution of seeds. Modern seed production involves inbred plant varieties, genetically modified plant genes, and chemical sprays. Their patented and sterilized seeds prevent farmers and gardeners from saving and replanting.

In the 1970’s, seed patents and technology contracts forced farmers to return to the seed companies for seed year after year. Alarm grew as growers were becoming dependant on seed companies and seed varieties were disappearing. People became concerned about preserving genetic seed resources and conserving plant diversity. Many seed-saving organizations and seed exchange networks developed as a result, beginning this movement.

One of the first organizations was the Seed Savers Exchange, founded in 1975 by Kent and Dianne Whealy. Their seed collection started with seeds given to them from Diane’s grandfather. The seeds had been brought from Bavaria to Iowa in the 1870’s by Diane’s great-grandparents.  The Seed Savers Exchange has since grown into the largest non-governmental seed bank in the United States.