They went on their own back to the coop, eager to score a coveted spot on the top step of the ladder they're currently using for a perch. My garden is a purely organic garden. Everything I put in the soil has been certified organic. I did buy a few seedlings here and there that were raised in modern greenhouses, but they are the exception. In addition to being organic, I've used heirloom varieties when available.
Heirloom means the seeds are traditional varieties created the old way by cross breeding.
Before genetic manipulation. And the seeds they produce are true, meaning they grow into the same thing as the parent. The picture to the left is an overhead shot of my salad bed, which is a mixture of many different heirloom greens from Seeds of Change , my favorite organic seed source, based out of New Mexico. I don't have one type of eggplant ready for planting, I've got seven. And that's the story for most of what I'm growing.