Julie Slezak encourages all gardeners to embrace heirloom seeds.  The flavors that come out of her garden are unique and incredible.  Julie and her husband Scott run Annie’s Heirloom Seeds, a non-GMO heirloom seed company.  They grow some of the rarest, hard to find varieties on an island in Lake Michigan as well as with a team of partners across the US and Europe.  AnniesHeirloomSeeds.com
 

In This Episode You’ll Discover …

* The beginners garden — the big 5 collection
* 55-day cherry tomatoes from Russia
* how to grow heirloom tomatoes
* pest control through companion planting
* the challenges of acid island soil
* Why heirlooms taste better- – Science!

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Resources & Books:
You Can Farm by Joel Salatin
Annie’s Heirloom Seeds
 
Watch the Podcast Interview Here:

 

 
 
Transcript:
Coming Soon!
 
More Gardening Ideas:

* rare varieties of heirlooms
* how to garden in extreme drought
* tips for growing gargantuan vegetables
* urban farming concepts with Noah Herron
* 19 things I love about gardening

 
Listen to Julie tell us about organic heirloom seeds Below: