https://owlcreek.ca/old-time-favorites-plants-for-your-garden-worth-remembering/ Experience Northern Alberta’s Owl Creek Farm - Follow along with our adventures with our goats, chickens, farming, favourite recipes, and handmade soap! Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:41:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://owlcreek.ca/old-time-favorites-plants-for-your-garden-worth-remembering/#comment-125 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:41:26 +0000 http://www.garden-of-eatin.com/?p=189#comment-125 i feel that this article misrepresents heirlooms. you don’t need space or know-how to grow them, just a little interest, enough to make you do a tiny bit of research. my garden is smaller than my (quite small) living room but it contains 6 types of heirloom veggies. they take up the same amount of room as conventional veggies, but with more interesting results. and without supporting monsanto. did you know that 99% of seed companies are subsidiaries of monsanto? even the ‘independent’ ones. it’s a marketing ploy. grrrrr.

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