MEDICINAL HERBS

MEDICINAL AND CULINARY HERBS WITH PHOTOS AND DETAILED GROWING INSTRUCTIONS.

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MEDICINAL AND CULINARY HERBS WITH PHOTOS AND DETAILED GROWING INSTRUCTIONS.

PERENNIAL VEGETABLES

PLANT ONCE, HARVEST FOR YEARS. PERMACULTURE PLANTS.

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PLANT ONCE, HARVEST FOR YEARS. PERMACULTURE PLANTS.

ORGANIC HEIRLOOMS

RESTORING HERITAGE SEEDS.
100% OPEN POLLINATED
NO HYBRIDS, NO GMOs.

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RESTORING HERITAGE SEEDS. 100% OPEN POLLINATED NO HYBRIDS, NO GMOs.

Sell Your Seeds Here!

Growers earn more, expand your retail market. Its easy to post your seeds and only takes a few minutes. No annual fee. See the Sell menu.

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Why Buy Grower-Direct Seeds?

Buying grower-direct gives farmers almost 10 times the earnings for their seed than buying from a dealer. Our mission is to support Family Farmers and restore genetic diversity being lost by "modern" agriculture, go direct.

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Tilling, Organic Weed Control [Video]

Posted: June 13, 2013 • 0 comments

Farmer Chuck has fun driving the Allis Chalmers G with the Buddign basket weeder. For gardeners and small market farmers - Organic standards prohibit the use of synthetic herbicides but allow a range of physical tools and natural herbicides as elements of an integrated organic seed management program. These are usually used with cultural controls such as crop r...  Read more
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How to Germinate Your Seeds

Posted: May 07, 2013 • 0 comments

Perennial Seeds May Need a Winter - Dormancy Germination varies by plant type. Perennial seeds often contain germination inhibitors, abscisic acid, dormin, waxes and other oils. This is nature's way of ensuring seeds germinate when conditions are optimal. The techniques below are for perennial seeds only, do not use these techniques on annual or bi-annual pl...  Read more
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Coral Vegetable Farm Profile

Posted: May 02, 2013 • 0 comments

Coral Vegetable Farm’s market garden was established in late 2008, near Luana, Iowa, on the edge of the Driftless Area, by Lezlie Ceran. The farmette is located on rolling prairie, with excellent soil for crops, deep, rich and made from Loess, blown into the region eons ago. For eons more, the prairies grasses made the soil deep and good. It is a beautiful re...  Read more