SSE member Lucina Cress once told Diane Ott Whealy, "An elderly lady grew these peppers in Ohio and passed them on to me. The chocolate is still my favorite, always so mild and sweet and all the ... Read More »
Tag Archive: heirloom
Slow Food, Slow Money… Slow Seeds
By: | Published: April 12, 2013 | No Comments
Over the past several months I’ve identified with the Johnny Cash song, “I’ve Been Everywhere.” I’ve been speaking at seed guilds, seed libraries, seed banks, seed rallies, seed conferences ... 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 »
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 »
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 »
SSE Collection Bean 5396: ‘Theodore Meece’
By: | Published: February 7, 2013 |
At 96 years of age, Theodore Meece was honored as Kentucky’s Oldest Worker. While a heart ailment caused by old age slowed the accomplished centennialist as he grew older, Theodore continued to work ... Read More »
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