Get a blast from the past in our version of #tbt. Take a journey in time with interesting factoids and history of our hand-picked heirloom plants and vegetables. Who knows, we may even throw in an old tool or two as well.
If you love salsa verde, traditional red salsas milder counterpart, maybe it’s time you tried growing a green tomatillo plant. Toma Verde heirloom tomatillos are . . .
Small in stature and a great addition to pots, Red Leprechaun lettuce is a red colored romaine and an old-time favorite. While this heirloom plant, . . .
There are no two ways about it; the Strawberry spinach plant (Chenopodium capitatum) is one cool plant! For one thing, the entire plant is edible, . . .
Kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate plant (Polygonum orientale), has been an American favorite since the first seeds were planted in Colonial Williamsburg by John Curtis in 1737 – though . . .
You probably haven’t seen, let alone heard of, such a cute little ghostly fruit as the Casper eggplant heirloom variety. But I’m, hopefully, gonna change . . .