_For a few years now I have been carefully collecting heirloom/heritage garden seeds that grow well in my area. Heirloom plants are typically cultivars that were once a very important in their region at one point in history that have been left behind in the dust of industrialized large-scale farming. Many of these varieties have kept their own unique traits through open-pollentation and are specifically adapted to resisting local pests, illness, and weather extremes. Many heirlooms that I grow each year were the very same types that our grandparents and great-grandparents grew to feed their families. I took an interest in heirloom plants because I believe in organic, sustainable farming practices, natural biodiversity, and the preservation of heirloom varieties for the next generation to experience and enjoy. Each year, I typically sow what I need during the growing season into my own organic garden and in 2009 I decided to begin offering my precious heirloom seeds to others in the hopes that they and their families can enjoy and propagate these unique crops as I do. I have discontinued that for the time being as I had to take a break from serious gardening until I can finish school, but hopefully I will be able to return to it later this year.

I currently work with the following heirlooms:

Asparagus

Mary Washington Asparagus (spring/summer)

Carrots

Scarlet Nantes Carrot (spring/summer/fall)

Chantenay Red Core Carrot (spring/summer/fall)

Corn

Country Gentleman Sweet Corn (summer)

Early Golden Bantam Corn (summer)

Cucumber

White Wonder Cucumber (summer)

Eggplants

Black Beauty Eggplant (summer)

Rosa Bianca Italian Eggplant (summer)

Garden Beans

Bush Blue Lake 274 Garden Bean (summer)

Dragon Tongue Garden Bean (pictured below- summer)

_Royal Burgundy Garden Bean (pictured below- summer)

_Chinese Red Noodle Bean (summer)

Cherokee Trail of Tears Black Bean (summer)

Uncle Steve's Italian Bean (summer)

Greens

Bloomsdale Long Standing Spinach (spring/fall)

Parris Island Cos Romaine Lettuce (spring/fall)

Bibb or Limestone Lettuce (spring/fall)

Bright Lights Swiss Chard (spring/summer/fall)

Canton Bok Pak Choy (pictured below- spring/fall)

_Melons

Hales Best Cantaloupe (summer)

Georgia Rattlesnake Watermelon (summer)

Allsweet (summer)

Onions

Red Creole Onion (spring/summer)

Red Creole Onion (spring/summer)

Passion Flora

Blue Passion Flower (summer)

Peppers

Chinese Giant Sweet Pepper (summer)

Radish

Cherry Belle Radish (pictured below- spring/fall)

_Watermelon Radish (spring/fall)

Snow Pea

Oregon Sugar Pod (pictured below- spring/fall)

Tomatoes

Purple Cherokee Tomato (summer)

Super Sioux Tomato (summer)

Yellow Brandywine Tomato (summer)

Cour di Bue Italian Tomato (summer)

Amish Paste Tomato (summer)

Yellow Pear Tomato (summer)

Carbon Tomato (summer)

Japanese Trifele Black Tomato (summer)

Principe Borghese Tomato (summer)

Chocolate Cherry Tomato (summer)

Squash

Early Prolific Straightneck Summer Squash (summer)

North Georgia Candy Roaster Squash (summer)

Zucchino Rampicante Italian Squash (summer)

Early White Bush Scallop (summer)

Sunflower

Mammoth Sunflower (summer)

I also grow various other fruits including blueberries, strawberries (pictured below), raspberries, dwarf bananas, and have an herb garden, too. I hope one day to have a sprawling fruit orchard including apples, peaches, pears, cherries, grape vines, and more when I have the acreage to do so.