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Starting from Seed
There are so many great reasons to start plants from seed Seed starters have a much wider variety of plants available to them than those who buy transplants, and starting from seed saves money. Most important, growing and saving seeds preserves the planet's botanic riches, from disappearing heirloom vegetables to beleaguered wildflowers.
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Family Kitchen Herb Seed Pack
The Heirloom Organics Kitchen Herb Pack is our most popular specialty pack. The most common, easy-to-grow 100% non-hybrid varieties for your kitchen. Every sustainable kitchen garden needs a good supply of culinary herbs for flavoring and spicing as well as preserving the foods you grow. The Heirloom Organics Non-Hybrid Kitchen Herb Pack brings it all together in one convenient selection for culinary and gardening pleasure.
The Heirloom Tomato Cookbook
Whether you say 'to-may-to' or you say 'to-mah-to,' chances are you'll agree there's nothing like the taste of a sun-ripened heirloom tomato and this beautifully photographed book is a cornucopia for the tomato lover. First there are the recipes: 50 in all, provided by such notable food names as One Market, Caprial's Bistro, Jimtown Store, and DaVero Olive Oil. Perfect for brunch, cocktails, or dinner, tomatoes are showcased in such delicious dishes as Gazpacho with Cucumber Salsa Verde, Cheese and Pesto Fondue with Tomato-Foccacia Skewers, and Grilled Sea Bass with Lemon-Oregano, Tomato Relish. Accompanying each is a wine pairing suggested by Kendall-Jackson, which each year hosts the Heirloom Tomato Festival in Sonoma the inspiration for this book. Then there's the photographic glossary of the top 25 heirloom varieties, detailed cultivation information, and an invaluable sourcelist of seeds and plants to entice those who want to eat their fruit and grow it too. Add to this, advice on choosing and storing tomatoes and a brief history, and you have a book as vibrant as the tomato it celebrates.
Starting from Seed
There are so many great reasons to start plants from seed Seed starters have a much wider variety of plants available to them than those who buy transplants, and starting from seed saves money. Most important, growing and saving seeds preserves the planet's botanic riches, from disappearing heirloom vegetables to beleaguered wildflowers.
