Heirloom, Organic Seed Savers Exchange Seeds are in!

Are you familiar with Seed Savers Exchange? The PURE Gardener carries Seed Savers Exchange seeds & we are a Seed Savers Exchange member! Stop in today and  "lettuce" help you get started with a successful edible garden!

German TV exposes the horrors of toxic GM soy

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Genetically Modified Soy

We Grow Our Own & Know Firsthand What We Are Talking About!

Our Seed Racks are full and now is the time to get your seed packets and start planning your gardens! Growing your own food is not only for a few hard core tree huggers anymore. With prices rising, genetically engineered seeds & foods showing up on our grocery store shelves, and harmful pesticides, radiation, and preservatives on just about everything we eat- it is a no brainer to grow your own crops right in your own back yard. Wether you choose to grow a few tomatoes in containers or go full out with raised beds and edible landscaping in your front yard- we have everything you need to be successful. We grow our own and we know what we are talking about! See Craig today at The PURE Gardener and he will gladly get you started in the right direction.

Watermelon

 Beets

 Heirloom Flowers

 A variety of seeds focusing on carrots, beets, lettuce, spinach, beans, onions, radishes, peas, vining crops, root crops, flowers, and more!

Plant your Peas, Please!

St. Patrick's Day is the traditional day to plant your peas- both edible and flowering sweet peas. I am off by one day but, I have my whiskey barrel prepped and ready on the corner of 5th and state in downtown Geneva. I usually plant this barrel with heirloom tomatoes, herbs, and edible flowers. But, this year I am in the mood for a change. So, peas it is!
~Annette

Oudon's GMO Pink Tomato to Hit China's Market!

Do you know where your seeds are coming from? Do you know who grew the tomato that you are serving on your family's dinner table tonight? Educate yourselves- you have the right to know. Please support company 's who save seed and create a living legacy that has been and continues to be passed down from generation to generation. You can find links to purchase heirloom seeds at the bottom of this website or purchase them at our shop.

Please read the two announcements below and ask yourselves, "What is the future of our food?". If all of the seed companies are bought up, patented and genetically modified then what will happen to our seeds that have been passed down from generation to generation, farmer to farmer- for thousands of years? Will you be arrested if you save a patented seed to plant in your garden next year? ( farmers are currently being arrested present day). That is to say if it is even viable to produce fertile seeds.

1)Oudon's parent company is Monsanto and they are at it again. This genetically modified tomato can sit on a shelf for an extended amount of time and still appear as if it were freshly vine picked. It is also genetically modified so that pesticide use is not needed or very little at all just like the Roundup ready corn, soybeans, and sugar beets.

2)Seminis is one of the largest developer, grower and marketer of fruit and vegetable seeds in the world. Seminis' parent company, Monsanto, announced plans to acquire Netherlands-based vegetable seeds company, De Ruiter Seeds. To read more on this announcement, visit Monsanto's news section or Monsanto's Web site, www.monsanto.com

Seeds of Suicide

"Seeds of Suicide", by Chad Heeter, is roughly a 13 minute documentary about Farmers from India who are struggling to survive with the new GMO seeds that are suppose to improve crop growth but instead, they are borrowing money and barely able to make ends meet.

One thing that the film neglects to mention is that farmers for years have been able to save their seeds each year to plant next years crops and hand them down from generation to generation. The GMO seeds can not be saved and must be repurchased each year for @4 times the amount of conventional seeds. Not only that but Monsanto has bought out most small seed businesses in India and now the farmer is left with almost no alternative but to purchase GMO seeds. Please watch this video- It may be happening far away but it is closer than you think. Americans are growing and consuming genetically (GMO) corn, soybeans, and sugar beets either directly or through the meat via what the animal was fed. As you read this you may have just consumed or are comsuming one of these products and not even know it.

Watch Seeds of Suicide Video

Golden Beets!

These beets are fantastic roasted in the oven with olive oil, salt and pepper. Then slide the skins off, slice and pour on your favorite salad dressings- Fabulous! We sell these seeds and more wonderful seeds from Seed Savers Exchange at our shop.

From Seed to Plate

Corporate abuse of our food begins with the seeds and in the soil that nurtures all life. The fast food industry demands enormous quantities of cheap, low-nutrition and uniform crops, encouraging the widespread use of toxic pesticides, industrial fertilizers and genetically modified seeds. These practices deplete our environment and threaten both our health and the livelihoods of family farmers.

Patenting Life

Seeds really are building blocks of life. Those who control seeds control life itself. Monsanto, the world’s largest seed corporation, has made farmers everywhere dependent on its seeds and made an example of those who refuse to go along.

Where farmers once cultivated their own seeds, which were strong, nutrient-rich, and diverse, they are now largely reliant on seed varieties owned by transnationals that have been manufactured to bear infertile offspring. In other words, Monsanto and others have found a way to profit by preventing farmers from reusing their seeds. And Monsanto has lashed out at farmers who object to this one-sided policy.

READ MORE HERE...

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Seeds of Deception

This is an excellent site for learning about GMO and nonGMO foods and seeds. Click on Seeds of Deception to learn more. While you are there please sign the petition to President Obama.

The Garlic & Onions Are In!

One of the Entrances to Our Garden- Taken a few Years ago

Craig and I were unable to get our garlic in last Fall because of our busy schedule and boy was I heart broken! Therefore, I had no garlic to sell this Fall or enjoy on our own family table. This year we reordered organic garlic from Seed Savers Exchange again and are happy to be able to get it and a lot of onions planted! Once you grow your own garlic and onions - like tomatoes- you will wonder how you ever did with out them and what those imposters are that they sell at the grocery store!Below are the varieties that we have planted this time around.
I prefer to plant on or around October 15th. We spread a good amount of dried blood around the garlic and onions- they thrive on it! Then cover them with about 6 inches of straw.

Print or read Seed Saver's Planting Guide here .

Russian Giant
Pleasantly mild flavor, large cloves are easy to peel. Consistantly one of the largest garlics we grow at The PURE Gardener, both the plants and bulbs. Hardneck, 4-7 cloves per bulb. CERTIFIED ORGANIC
Shvelisi ( Chesnok Red ) Garlic
Originates from the village of Shvelisi, Republic of Georgia. Nicely colored bulbs peel easily. Good lingering taste, retains flavor well when cooked. Rated as one of the very best for baking or roasting. Stores well. Hardneck, 8-12 cloves per bulb. CERTIFIED ORGANIC

German Extra Hardy
Vigorous grower with long roots that enable it to overwinter without heaving out of the ground. Outside skin is ivory-white, clove skin is dark red. Strong raw flavor, high sugar content, one of the very best for roasting. Good keeper. Hardneck, 4-7 cloves per bulb. SUSTAINABLY GROWN: without the use of pesticides, herbicides or synthetic fertilizers.

Elephant Garlic
Not a true garlic, but actually in the leek family. Huge cloves, and much milder than regular garlic. Bulbs have potential to grow 3-5" in diameter and up to one pound, dry weight under ideal conditions. Bulbs average 4-5 cloves. CERTIFIED ORGANIC

Red Wethersfield Onion
Great to plant in the fall for young green onions and over winter for Spring!

White Ebenezer Onion

Another good onion for Fall planting. Excellent for young green onions and to over winter- good to -30 degrees!

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