Obama Vegetable Garden

[warmfuzzies]

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I DO by golly! I belong to a seed saving group and an heirloom tomato group and we discuss which heirlooms are best for what purpose and zone and we save seed and pass them around to each other. We are currently preserving and enlarging our store of some heirlooms that might otherwise be lost forever.

Oh, where where? Is there a website? I have a HUGE order of open pollenated seeds coming from Pinetree, and I am planning to save seeds from them. I would love to learn more!

 

[SarahBeth9394]

Well one of these days I'd like to grow some heirlooms. We are planting this weekend. I'm supposed to be pulling weeds right now. Usually I grow Early Girls and Beefsteak. Last year I grew some Cherry as well. Nobody out here's tomatoes did well last year. I got some but no where near what should have been produced.

 

[farmerlor]

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I DO by golly! I belong to a seed saving group and an heirloom tomato group and we discuss which heirlooms are best for what purpose and zone and we save seed and pass them around to each other. We are currently preserving and enlarging our store of some heirlooms that might otherwise be lost forever.

Oh, where where? Is there a website? I have a HUGE order of open pollenated seeds coming from Pinetree, and I am planning to save seeds from them. I would love to learn more!

Here's the group addy for tomatomaniacs: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TomatoMania/
There's a link there to seed savers as well as our own seed bank which members contribute to and receive seed. We're rather chatty so expect heavy, heavy mail or go digest and just browse through all the info.

 

[Leah-yes I know I'm crazy]

me&thegals :

Did Laura Bush go around reading to kindergarten classes before being president's wife?

I think we all know politicians and spouses pick their platforms. As a mother of young kids and local food grower/seller, I am thrilled that Michelle has picked this one!

Yes, her bachelors degree is in elementary education and her masters is in Library Science. She did work as both a teacher and a librarian professionally.
I hope things like this do bring greater attention to the need for the country to pay greater attention to food supply safety and the importance of knowing where your food comes from as well as the real taste of picked that day corn or tomato. My tomato's were half what they normally are last year also. Too many temperature fluxuations, I think, because it was like the blossoms just never seemed to set.​