Ken Revisits last year's A (the) Way to Garden
This week, we’re visited by Margaret Roach, former Editorial Director of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and creator of A Way to Garden – one of the most entertaining and enlightening blogs. (photo: Erica Berger) We’re getting ready to sow seeds for vegetables and fruits. We know growing organic is good, but Margaret shares news and reasons 
to buy organic seeds, as well. It makes sense. If seeds are harvested from rugged plants that have had to tolerate growing conditions without herbicide, fungicide, pesticides and tons of water, they will grow into plants that are better suited to our organic gardens’ challenging conditions.
Margaret also talks about The Safe Seed Pledge, a statement signed by some 70 companies swearing that they will not sell genetically engineered or modified seed.
Here are some of Margaret’s sources for more information on the best seeds.
Johnny’s Selected Seeds — www.johnnyseeds.com
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds — http://rareseeds.com/
Fedco Seeds — www.fedcoseeds.com/
High Mowing Organic Seeds – www.highmowingseeds.com
Organic Farming Research Foundation — http://ofrf.org/
Organic Seed Alliance — www.seedalliance.org/
Margaret’s blog: A Way to Garden
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Fascinating interview! I love that she’s making the point about how important the conditions under which seeds are produced are. I would add, that in terms of adaptation, climate is at least as important — seeds from Chile or California are unlikely to thrive in the North east, for example.
And even more important than where and how they are produced, is where and they are BRED — the amount of adaptation that take place during one generation of seed production is tiny compared to the years of adaptation during the breeding process. That’s why I love shopping from people like Johnny’s who do their own breeding in a climate similar to mine own.
I agree with Joseph T, that’s why my company Fernish lanscape & design @ http://www.fernish.net designs landscapes for its customers all over the country, but subcontracts to installers in the properties’ area. Keeping the plants local to where they’re grown
Hey…..that interview went by way too fast. Can Margaret come back again next week? 🙂