[Sca-cooks] heritage seeds

[Stefan li Rous]

On the subject of obtaining heritage vegetable seeds, this message was
posted to this list a while back, but I'm reposting it here now because
I think it is germane to this discussion. It has not gotten into the
Florilegium, yet. (Yeah, okay sometimes it takes me a while to get to
things)
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THLord  Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mark S. Harris             Austin, Texas         stefan at texas.net
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> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 04:13:11 -0500
> From: "Bethany Public Library" <betpulib at ptdprolog.net>
> Subject: SC - New Book for Historical Gardeners
>
> We just had donated to the Library (as have all other libraries on
> Pennsylvania, in honor of National Library Week April 5th to 13th) a truly
> fabulous book for gardeners devoted to historical breeds of produce. The
> publisher is in Pennsylvania, and has donated about 10 books on herbs,
> organic gardening, herbal medicine, etc., in a most generous way to the
> Penna libraries.  Most of the book is dedicated to colonial gardening
> varieties, but it's a short hop to renaissance gardening from there, and
> another quick jump to medieval varieties.
>
> The very best information is at the back: resources for heirloom seeds and
> plants, contacts for heirloom gardening societies, lists of Historical
> gardens in the USA and Canada.
>
> Here's the scoop:
>
> Title: Heirloom Gardens, Timeless Treasures for Today's Gardeners
> Author: Sarah Wolfgang Heffner
> Publisher: Rodale Press
> Price: $27.95 retail
> Other vital info: Copyright 2000, ISBN 0-87596-818-X (hardcover)
> available from www.rodale.com , www.amazon.com,  www.barnesnoble.com an any
> larger bookstore near you
>
> You might also want to check out Lasagna Gardening by Patricia Lanza, from
> the same publisher. It's a method of easy and expedient soil preparation and
> no fuss gardening, not a list of plants to cook lasagna with!
>
> Aoife