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• Making the argument for heirloom vegetables

  Heirloom plants and vegetables offer so much more in variation than todays hybrid plants. Hybrids are created to promote uniformity or to express a desired trait, such as a 'sweeter' sweet corn. Heirlooms offer a variety of sizes, shapes, colors... Posted Mar 21 2009, 02:34 PM by bill-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: heirloom plants, heirloom vegetables, Helpful Gardening tips, natural selection, open pollinated

• Heirloom Cabbages

  Cabbage is an ancient vegetable. Cabbages were used in Roman and Greek times. Heirloom cabbages were passed along with seeds for year to year from Greek times to the present. The Romans and Greeks recognized the value of the cabbage plant. Cabbage is... Posted Mar 20 2009, 08:56 AM by bill-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: folic acid, heirloom cabbage, heirloom seeds, heirloom vegetables, Helpful Gardening tips, hybrid seeds, Vitamin C

• Growing heirlooms

  Heirloom vegetables are commonly defined as any open pollinated variety that was in cultivation prior to 1940. Growing these plants allows one to virtually commune with the past because we are growing the same plants that our ancestors grew. Our ancestors... Posted Mar 08 2009, 03:49 PM by bill-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: beets, cabbage, carrots, heirloom seeds, heirloom vegetables, tomatoes, turnips