Dear Gardening Friends,

2010 – yikes, can you believe it? Some things change too fast and then there are our seeds ... still SANER—grown as Sustainable, All-Natural, and Environmentally Responsible —seeds for open-pollinated, heirloom varieties of vegetables, herbs and flowers. We still offer many varieties that have been grown by certified organic growers – these are indicated with a ‘CO’ beside their name. And we have not changed our prices in years – each seed packet remains at only $2.50 each.

We do have some new tomatoes: Black Giant, Black Prince, Black Zebra, Dr. Wyche’s Yellow, Longkeeper, Jaune Flammé, Plum Tigris, Roma, Scotia, Tappy’s Heritage and Xiaoyangzoa (looking for a translation of this word). New vegetables include: Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage, Collards, California Wonder Pepper, Tonda di Parigi Carrot and the White flowering Snow Pea. Giant Striped Sunflower and a Yellow Wildflower Mix are the new flowers for us.

We are excited to offer a new Tomatillo Salsa Kit which includes three packets of seeds and a sheet of recipes needed to make fresh green salsa from your own home-grown ingredients (look for it in the tomato section with the tomatillos and with the peppers).

Look for our Seeds for Survival—a special kit which includes twelve seed packets, a Tomato Bulletin and four-pages of instructions on how to plant, harvest and save your own seeds—great for the new gardener and for those who want to provide an abundance of healthy home-grown food for their family.

Our SANER seeds are available in packets designed for the home gardener. For example, tomato and pepper packets contain 50–100 seeds; bean and pea packets: 30–50, herbs: 100+. Seeds per packet can vary by size, type and availability.

If you are in the Quinte/Belleville area, visit the Village Green and greenhouse in Foxboro where we maintain a fine selection of local products. In the spring, we offer thousands of seedlings for sale (sorry, we do not ship seedlings). The store is open year-round Tuesdays to Saturdays, 9–5. If you cannot make it to Foxboro, perhaps we will see you at one of the Seedy Saturdays (Toronto, Ottawa) or other shows we plan to attend: Peterborough Garden Show, April 9–11; Ottawa Go Green Expo, March 20–21. 

All the best and happy gardening to you and yours in 2010 (yikes!),
Karyn Wright, Don McKay and family.

Since 1992 Terra Edibles has offered open-pollinated heirloom seeds that have been produced organically.