Fall Through Winter Gardens
After battling weeds and garden pests all summer, a fall-winter garden can be a delightful reprieve from those garden stressors, and fill your veggie basket or crock pot full of...
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Welcome to the Next Chapter of Sow True Seed
It’s a great day for being a part of the Sow True Seed community - thank you for being here and thank you for being a loyal customer. Whether you’ve...
Okra: Much More than Gumbo
Okra, Abelmoschus esculentus, is a traditional southern food with roots in northeast Africa.
Growing A Thriving Garden in Western North Carolina
Growing in Western North Carolina can be a lesson in patience and perseverance.
Occupy the Food Supply Today!
Today is the Occupy the Food Supply day of action. This is a global, DIY event meant to draw attention to the growing corporate control of our food.
5 Ways to Protect Farmers from Monsanto
On Tuesday, January 31st Manhattan Federal Court Judge Naomi Buchwald will decide if organic farmers can protect themselves against GMO pusher Monsanto.
Garden Blogs for Winter Reading: The Local Edition
To feed your winter garden dreams there is a growing bounty of garden related blogs out there.
10 New Year's Resolutions for the Garden
It’s the time for looking back and looking forward, the threshold of a new year. Gardening is an exercise in optimism, especially in the winter when everything is still possible.
Garden Blogs for Winter Reading
The holidays are upon us. The weather has been glorious in WNC but it won’t last. We’re heading in to the cold, quiet time of gardening.
Tips for Your Winter Vegetable Garden
There are four basic ways to eat from your garden throughout the winter: Plant hardy plants, choose “good-keeper” variety vegetables for the summer/fall garden and store them correctly, preserve your produce,...
Why is Sow True against GMOs?
Why is Sow True Seed against the use of GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms)?
Celebrate Winter Squash
We sell many members of this family: several varieties of pumpkins and many winter squash (C. maxima, C. mixta, C. moschata, C. pepo). Most take 75 to 120 days to mature. Here are a...
Planting Flowers in the Fall
Nature plants most of her seeds in the Fall. In the wild, flowers bloom and ripen all season.
Fall Harvest Time
Sheaves of corn, hay rides and pumpkin patches are popping up on roadsides. Many things in the garden are ready to harvest. But when in the growth cycle is the...
Echinacea Flu-Fighter Tea
Before you know it, the cold and flu season will be upon us again. Why not make your own medicinal tea now in preparation?
Time to Plant Greens!
In the thick of harvesting tomatoes, squash and eggplants, don’t forget to keep planting seeds. The warm-season crops will soon slow down. Now is the time to sow your late...
Crop Rotation in Your Fall Garden
Crop rotation is a systematic approach to deciding where and when to plant what on your land. It can prevent the spread of blights and pests, as well as replenish...