“This apple comes from an old tree at my grandmother’s home, and it is the best apple I have ever tasted.” We hear this story a lot around here, and usually, the story ends like this: “Now the ... Read More »
Evaluating Dried Legumes
By: | Published: March 28, 2013 | No Comments
With spring around the corner and a foot of snow still on the ground, the Seed Savers Exchange evaluation team has been evaluating dried legumes from last summer’s harvest. Beans, peas, and lima ... Read More »
Remembering Tom Knoche
By: | Published: March 21, 2013 | 6 Comments
Tom Knoche (OH KN T), 1938-2013 Sardinia, OH By Diane Ott Whealy Kent and I first met Tom and Sue Knoche in 1981 when they attended the first Seed Savers Exchange campout in ... Read More »
SSE Collection Pepper 1191: ‘Hinkelhatz’
By: | Published: March 9, 2013 |
The ‘Hinkelhatz’ pepper was first noted as an ingredient for pepper sauces in the 1848 Pennsylvania Dutch cookbook, Die Geschickte Hausfrau. Seed Savers Exchange member, William Woys Weaver, ... Read More »
Distributing Diversity
By: | Published: March 4, 2013 |
Typical February Day in the Seed House Around this time of year people ask us questions about what we do here at Heritage Farm during the "off season." Well first of all, just because the farm is ... Read More »
CORE Project: Collier Cucumber
By: | Published: February 25, 2013 |
CORE: Unraveling the Stories Behind Our Seeds One summer during the 1950s, Graham Collier of Tennessee planted all the seeds he had of his family’s heirloom slicing cucumber. Little did he know, ... Read More »
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