While out taking a walk with my kids this summer, I came across this cute little side garden that had many perennials. I just happened to have my camera handy so I took a few pictures so I could duplicate some of the gardener’s planting arrangements in my own gardens.
As I was taking pictures, the gardener actually came out so I thought I would ask her some questions about her garden. Because of my interest, she invited me for a tour of her backyard which was full of different plants and gardening beds. As I was checking out her veggie garden, I came across some different varieties of vegetables that I was not familiar with. I asked her what type of veggies they were and were she had gotten them. What I was seeing were heirloom veggies grown from the heirloom seeds. She actually bought her heirloom seeds cheap from an online retailer as she said that they can often be expensive if you source them locally. She also said that the actually produce from the plants was much more tasty than the veggies you can get in the store or even those you grow from traditional seeds. She had me sold as soon as she let me and my kids taste a few of her ripe, juicy tomatoes!
