April 5 column: Heirloom vegetables

Heirloom vegetables

Melon – Eden Gem

Happy Easter, everybody! Here is a link to my column in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Heirloom seeds bear benefits of history.

This one is all about heirloom vegetables and why heirlooms are so vital to both our heritage and the diversity we should have in our gardens. I hope you will find it interesting and informative.

Here are photos from some of the heirloom vegetable varieties I mention in today’s column. They are all courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds.

Heirloom vegetables
Onion – Wethersfield Red
Heirloom vegetables
Kale – Nero di Toscana (aka, Dinosaur or Lacinato)

 

Heirloom vegetables
Lettuce – Merveille des Quatres Saison
Heirloom vegetables
Summer Squash – Zucchino Rampicante
Heirloom vegetables
Tomato – Henderson’s Pink Ponderosa