Dirty Greek - Growing Heritage Vegetables

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After doing some reading and seeing some photos of some of the awesome varieties, I'm going to plant some heritage varieties in my garden. I got the idea for growing these when I saw (and ordered) the Heritage Favorites Collection from Seed Savers Exchange. It includes some really cool looking varieties, including:

The interestingly ringed Chioggia Beet and the very cool Dragon Carrot

And a lettuce mixture, which includes Amish Deer Tongue Lettuce (Left), which is on the Slow Food Ark of Taste and Reine des Glaces Lettuce (Right)

The Ark of Taste is "a catalog of over 200 delicious foods in danger of extinction."

The wife and I have also been talking about growing... something... on a trellis on the front of our house, because it's sort of just barren brick. Well, I think I've killed 2 birds with one stone. We're going to try growing some very attractive heritage beans and peas. One, in particular, has really caught my attention: Painted Lady Runner Bean and Blue Podded Pea

Also going to try the almost extinct Sultan's Golden Bean (Left) and from the Heritage Favorites Collection, Dragon's Tongue Bean (Right).

Protecting these varieties from extinction, combined with the fun of growing and eating foods you just can't find anywhere, seems worthwhile. Plenty more available at Seed Savers Exchange.

Posted By George on 04/22/2009 @ 10:57 PM | Link and Discuss (0) | More SlowFood seedsavers heritage heritagefoods beans peas carrots gardens gardening food growingfood arkoftaste endangeredspecies
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