Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Keeps On Growing

In 1998, long before the eat local movement took hold, Jere Gettle sent out his first Baker Creek Heirloom Seed catalog.

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Seed Company farm the Old - Fashioned WayBaker Creek Heirloom Seed Company had a uncomplicated start in 1998 when seventeen - year - sometime Jere Gettle sent out his first ejaculate catalogue to a few hundred gardeners . Since then , his seed society has develop into one of the foremost heirloom seed companies in the country , printing 250,000 catalog that feature more than 1400 salmagundi of vegetables , prime , and herbaceous plant from 70 different countries .

There ’s a tidy sum to do it about Baker Creek Seed Company , from the coloured catalogue cover artistic production create by Jere ’s mom , to the phratry exposure of his wife and girl , to the fact that all of the seed is non - hybrid , non - GMO , non - do by and non - patented . These are true heirloom .

I had the chance to meet Jere at a tradeshow and he ’s as genuine as his seeds . You have to admire a guy who dream of becoming a seedman and then worked severely to make his dream follow reliable .

catalogue Features the Rare and Unusual

The company headquarters is located in Mansfield , Mo. , site of the Seed Company and Pioneer Farm , and base to monthly festivals including the honest-to-god - fashioned Spring Planting Festival in May . The company also has a seed shop in Petaluma , Calif. , and in 2010 buy the Comstock , Ferre & Company Seed House in Wethersfield , Conn.

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Gardeners can find just about any heirloom or rare ejaculate they want , from amaranth to Citrullus vulgaris , in Baker Creek ’s paper or on-line catalogue . Each survival of the fittest let in over descriptions of where the seed come in from , a bit of its account , why the mixed bag was selected for the catalogue and ideas for using the ruined product in the kitchen .

This catalog is the situation to browse a wide survival of oriental greens , 32 kind of hot peppers , 27 different radish miscellanea , and strange decorative melons from the wilderness of Africa . There are more than 60 raw items in the 2011 catalog including many old tomato plant from around the world .

Some of the more unusual include “ Chocolate Stripes ” which is name as a mahogany - colored Lycopersicon esculentum with red stripes , and a humble , bright orange tomato with the rima oris - lacrimation name “ Rich Sweetness 132 . ” Long , supple Roma - type tomatoes in the Icicle series come in three colors : black , yellow , and pink .

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In accession to the overpowering variety of heirloom fruit , herb and vegetables , the catalog has a selection of old - fashioned bungalow garden flower germ . Asters , Bachelor ’s Buttons , Calendula and Hollyhock are some of my favorites , but who could resist a heyday call “ buss - Me - Over - The - Garden - Gate ” ?

Jere has also box seed assembling to avail gardener discover an economical elbow room to get get in market gardening . The packet are usable for both Northern and southerly option and come in small , large and gargantuan sizes .

The Baker Creek Heirloom Seed catalog is n’t simply a way to order seeds for the garden , it also has formula , inspiring acknowledgment and beautiful photos . Jere ’s catalogue is both a fascinating shopping experience and an enjoyable direction to take why it ’s important to preserve heirloom source for the future .

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