Comments on: Heirloom Vegetables and Flowers https://homegardenjoy.com/site/2014/04/heirloom-vegetables-and-flowers.html Grow What Nourishes You Thu, 18 Jun 2026 18:34:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Homegrown Lettuce - Home and Garden Joy https://homegardenjoy.com/site/2014/04/heirloom-vegetables-and-flowers.html#comment-21028 Tue, 17 May 2016 21:12:12 +0000 http://homegardenjoy.com/site/2014/04/heirloom-vegetables-and-flowers.html#comment-21028 […] think I shared with you how my homegrown lettuce this year includes some heirloom varieties. An heirloom variety is one in which the seeds have been passed down for generations. They are […]

]]> By: Damaria Senne https://homegardenjoy.com/site/2014/04/heirloom-vegetables-and-flowers.html#comment-781 Thu, 10 Apr 2014 09:42:58 +0000 http://homegardenjoy.com/site/2014/04/heirloom-vegetables-and-flowers.html#comment-781 Your post reminded me of an incident back in the day. A fellow-journalist was still single and she bought a bunch of tomatoes from a retailer that really emphasises the quality of their foods. The tomatoes were fresh, pretty… My colleague kept meaning to use the tomatoes in something but she was so busy she’d end up just buying something on the run. You know: the joy of a single life where you’re just chasing career advancement. THREE weeks later, she wanted a salad and remembered the tomatoes. The scary thing is they looked as fresh as when she first bought them. Fresh, pink, no blemishes, no sign that they were going off. In the middle of summer. She threw them in the bin. We laughed so hard when she told the story, wanting to know: what in heaven’s name did they breed into those tomatoes?

]]> By: Jeanne Grunert https://homegardenjoy.com/site/2014/04/heirloom-vegetables-and-flowers.html#comment-780 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 23:21:05 +0000 http://homegardenjoy.com/site/2014/04/heirloom-vegetables-and-flowers.html#comment-780 Hi all! Yes, Jo, they’re now using the term heirloom for older varieties of flowers too, and I’ve recently seen the term applied to livestock. I’m more familiar with the term “heritage” livestock breeds when referencing older breeds.

Denise, thanks for leaving a comment!

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