Honoring our Earth Day tradition, this year we planted some High Mowing Organic Seeds to transplant to my father-in-law’s farm in a few weeks. I was going to try and do a raised bed since we have clay for a back yard, but we have some pretty bad squirrels and I’m scared they may eat our veggies. I did plant a tomato plant in a pot on our porch and am hoping for the best! So we will see for next year.
Stonyfield Yo Getters got an awesome seed package from High Mowing Organic Seeds and I fell in love with their catalog! I can’t wait to order some herbs and flowers. I am in love with their variety of organic vegetables! Check out how many varieties there are for each veggie!
- Artichoke
- Beans
- Beet
- Broccoli
- Brussels Sprouts
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Celery
- Chard
- Corn
- Collards
- Cucumbers
- Eggplant
- Radicchio
- Radishes
- Rutabaga
- Salad Mixes
- Shoots & Sprouts
- Soybeans
- Spinach
- Squash – Summer
- Squash – Winter
- Tomatoes
- Turnips
- Watermelons
- Zucchini
High Mowing organic seeds began in 1996 and now has over 600 heirloom, open-pollinated and hybrid varieties of vegetable, fruit, herb and flower seeds. Their organic seeds are grown without synthetic chemicals and are non-GMO. Even though all of High Mowing Organic Seeds are non-GMO, they have the first line of Non-GMO Project verified seeds!
The best part about buying organic seeds is knowing that you are helping support organic farming. High Mowing Organic Seeds has free shipping on all orders, so be sure to check them out!
Another fun Earth Day activity we did was put up a nest box for Brown-headed Nuthatch birds.
The birds are losing their homes due to urbanization and deforestation. Audubon NC hopes to put up 10,000 Brown-headed Nuthatch homes in 2015. I’ve seen some in our backyard, so I hope they decide to stick around and build a nest.