Open playback settings menu for autoplay and video quality settings Although most of our range is available throughout the year, we have seasonal items which are only available for a short time: Mescher lettuce: Austrian heirloom dating back to the 1700s. Transform your outside space into a sea of colour with our Garden Colour Collection. Our charity brings together thousands of people who share a common belief - that organic growing is essential for a healthy and sustainable world. Nearly round, medium-sized, and red, Nepal is the assertively flavored heirloom that weaned me from modern hybrids back in the early ’80s. You may collect your prepaid order from the nursery. It is a dark green, spring cabbage, best sown in August and distinctly kale-like, but retains its cabbage flavour. That could be it although there was definitely a competition for seeds too. Adam is one of over 100 volunteer Seed Guardians who play a vital role within the Heritage Seed Library. Seed Guardians take specific varieties from the HSL collection (known as orphan seeds) and grow them within their own gardens and allotments with the aim of returning large quantities of seed back to the HSL seed store. Seasonal items Excellent flavour and freeze well. Enjoy old-fashioned flavours and heritage varieties with our heirloom vegetable seeds. The poster child for heirloom-tomato mania, Brandywine is a fickle sort. He runs through all the points you need to consider and explains the useful equipment you will need. January – March You can help us to guarantee the survival of these fantastic heritage vegetable varieties for future generations by joining Garden Organic & the Heritage Seed Library for less than £5 a month! As the tomato advisor for Seed Savers Exchange, a group devoted to preserving edible heirloom plants, I have the good fortune to grow treasures that, for generations, have been passed from one gardener to the next. I chronicled many of them in my book, Epic Tomatoes, but these 19 really shine. The mature fruits are large and sweet. Heritage Seed Library features on BBC Gardeners World Thursday's episode of BBC Gardeners World included a feature on our Seed Guardian Adam Alexander and his role preserving heritage veg through the Heritage Seed Library. Over the past 21 years we've collected the very best varieties for you to grow. Viewers were able to share in Adam's passion of saving seeds, and got a glimpse of his productive growing area. I just received them. Stenner runner bean: The National Vegetable Society note that this is an exhibition variety, perfect for the show bench. March – April We offer international shipping at reasonable costs! The poster child for heirloom-tomato mania, Brandywine is a fickle sort. We are able to dispatch a wide range of our plants and seeds within 7-10 days of receipt of order. sandwich. Through campaigning, advice, community work and research, our aim is to get everyone growing ‘the organic way’. Since I was a child helping my grandad on his allotment, I have loved all the wonderful old varieties that are available. Though it grows on the straggliest vine you’ve ever seen, this is a spectacular tomato, 3 inches across and heart-shaped, with a complex flavor that balances tart and sweet. 25 Seeds in packet. If you wish to visit us this is strictly ‘by appointment’ and we regret, we cannot accept ‘casual callers’! It was a competition on the website which I’d forgotten about. Yes! We meet heritage apple enthusiast Wade Muggleton. It comes on early and abundantly. We are sorry but at the moment we are unable to answer telephone enquiries. Availability: Out of stock. angelaholden2002 Posts: 3. Included within the 2019 seed list, sent to members in December 2018. Thanks Rach. As usual, Monty Don is at Longmeadow where he sets out his plans for the coming year. Their focus is on preserving varieties of seed that gardeners and farmers bring to North America when their families immigrate(d), and traditional varieties grown by American Indians, Mennonites and the Amish. I loved the variety’s full, rich flavor, just as wonderful all by itself as in a salad or sandwich. More information, including how to join Garden Organic and the Heritage Seed Library, can be found here. Dark brown seeds produce compact (40-50cm) plants with white flowers, which fade to apricot with age, and crunchy, green, stringless, pencil pods. Cat no: 0121. September – October Enable customers to buy heirloom/OP seeds from multiple vendors, while paying a single, reasonable shipping fee. These are all hand selected, and hand packed by us in beautifully designed packets. November – March Medium sized with golden skin, it is nearly white inside. 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