SSE Staffers Pick Their Favorite Peppers!
/For a lot of us, it's time to start peppers indoors! The Seed Savers Exchange (SSE) staffers told us all about their favorite pepper varieties, both sweet and hot.
Read MoreFor a lot of us, it's time to start peppers indoors! The Seed Savers Exchange (SSE) staffers told us all about their favorite pepper varieties, both sweet and hot.
Read MoreSeed Savers Exchange (SSE) recently deposited 627,596 seeds, from 435 plant varieties, at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway.
Read MoreThis week we profile two Rooftop Gardeners who are revolutionizing the urban landscape.
Read MoreHere is an all new list of varieties that work well in small spaces. The varieties we chose this year not only provide delicious edibles, they also look lovely and will brighten up small spaces.
Read MoreThis fall, SSE harvested over 50 varieties of potatoes and will be offering them in the Seed Savers Exchange Yearbook and the online Seed Exchange. SSE has been working for over 20 years to be able to distribute tubers that are virus-free.
Read MoreUsing the chicken tractors also allows you to put chickens where they do the most good and where they are easiest to take care of in the garden. Chicken tractors are a low-cost way to house, protect, and move chickens where they can be of service to your garden.
Read MoreIn 1941, Vince Michels,’ army unit held maneuvers by walking from Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri to Tennessee. During this march, Vince noticed they were walking through "a field of something planted with pods." Vince picked a few pods, and mailed them to his father, Fred Michels, in Earling, Iowa.
Read MoreThis historic variety of watermelon was developed by Mr. H.A. Halbert of Texas and introduced in 1902 by the W. Atlee Burpee seed house. That year, the Burpee catalog described it as “new to the general public” and as a selection by Mr. H. A. Halbert of Texas “who plants for his home trade thirty acres of this original pet of his, each season...”
Read MoreAs an adult, Pam tried growing many different types of lettuce, but never found anything that worked as well for the wilted salad as her family’s variety. Pam eventually called Flossie to ask what kind of lettuce they used to grow. Flossie said she still had seed in the garage (she grew and saved seed from it each year) and put some in the mail for Pam. When the seed arrived, Pam eagerly planted it and waited for it to germinate. At that time Pam was living in Arizona, and when it finally sprouted, the “lettuce” looked like grass. Pam called Flossie, who just about died laughing – she had mistakenly sent Pam grass seed which was on the same shelf as her lettuce seed.
Read MoreIt is a good snap bean, but received especially strong taste reviews as a shelling and dry bean. Jane Jensen of Utah writes, “yummy shelly bean, had the best flavor, white, creamy smooth, delicious.”
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