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IN THIS ISSUE

Dear Organic Gardeners
Garlic, garlic, and did we say...garlic?!... Read>


Farm Report: Sept. '03
Dealing with pests and enjoying the harvests... Read>


Field Report: Sept. '03
Field trials of our diverse bulk seed selection... Read>


Growing Garlic A quick primer to a revered plant ... Read>


Cover Crops Lynda Prim simplifies cover cropping... Read>


Garden Center Products for season extension, seed saving, garlic... Read>


Greenhouse Special Receive a free bench with your next purchase... Read>



Book Review
Edible Flowers and recipes, by Kitty Morse...Read>


News and Events
ALSF fire, Pesticides in Pepsi, Bill Mollison to speak...Read>


Job Opportunity
County Line Harvest in California...Read>


Please send letters regarding this eNewsletter to:
Scott Vlaun, Editor.

Season Extenders, Seed Saving and Garlic
Products to help you complete the cycle and increase your garden's productivity.

Greenhouse Special
Free bench with your purchase of a Woodframe Greenhouse (up to $300 value!)

Woodframe GreenhousesOur beautiful and durable woodframe greenhouses are a great way to extend your growing season, either in containers or permanent beds. They provide a warm sunny space to dry seeds, pot plants, and start seedlings, or simply relax with a cup of fresh herbal tea on a snowy morning, and watch your plants grow.

Deluxe Coldframes
Simple season extension for everyone.

Deluxe ColdframesThis light-weight, attractive unit will compliment any backyard patio, deck, or even a sunny balcony. We had salad greens growing in ours when there was still snow in the garden! Rot resistant frame is constructed from second growth redwood, and the sloped glazing is a durable insulated polycarbonate panel. Perfect for those with a busy lifestyle who still want the many benefits of a cold frame.

Garden Tunnels and Solar Bells
Row cover, fleece, poly, and net and solar bell season extenders.

Season Extenders For protection from frost, pests and even the sun, garden tunnels and solar bells provide an easy way to create micro-climates for maximum plant growth. We offer different solutions for different needs. Check out our Season Extending products for more information to meet your gardening needs.

Four Season Harvest
A long time favorite of ours from Eliot Coleman.

Four Season Harvest It's still the best book available for year-round growing in cold climates. Four Seaon Harvest presents simple, inexpensive designs for coldframes, unheated mobile greenhouses, and root cellars. This best seller also includes chapters on the living soil, compost, planning and preparing your garden, planting and cultivating, indoor harvesting, and pest control. Coleman provides terrific growing tips for 50 vegetable crops and a section at the back listing resources.

Spicy Salad Seed Collection
Savor the spicy taste of summer when the autumn temperatures cool.

Spicy Salad Seed Collection Our Spicy Salad Seed Collection is a great way to extend your gardening season in the greenhouse or coldframe. These cold tolerant varieties are easy to grow and good for you too. Five Certified Organic varieties include Osaka Purple Mustard Greens, Tat Soi, Arugula, Persian Garden Cress, and Thai Green Lettuce.

Garlic!
The garlic is in and ready for fall planting.

Hardneck and Softneck Garlics
15 gorgeous garlics from around the globe, including 5 exciting new varieties.

Planting Garlic Growing your own garlic. Seeds of Change has chosen 15 of the best varieties from to start you on your garlic growing adventure. Order yours now before they're gone. We've got five new exciting garlics to offer you from around the world. Shantung Purple, Georgian Crystal, Transylvanian, Persian Star, Romanian Red are welcome additions to our garlic family and are ready for you to plant.

Growing Great Garlic
The complete guide to garlic and growing it.

Growing Great Garlic"We need to understand that garlic has a memory much like wine grapes, and that fine garlic like fine wine is an art." -Ron Engeland, a garlic farmer for 15 years, tells you which strains to plant, when and how to plant, when to fertilize, prune flower stalks, and harvest; plus how to store, process and market the crop. He also includes a brief history, cultural requirements, sites and soils, pests and diseases. The definitive guide to growing great garlic for organic gardeners and small scale farmers.

A Garlic Testament
A man's journey as he discovers the rich rhythms of the seasons...

Stanley Crawford's garlic is legendary around northern New Mexico's Farmer's Markets, especially in Santa Fe's market where he's been a driving force over the years. In "A Garlic Testament," we learn how this honored and mysterious crop "chose" Mr. Crawford to further its lot, and how he propagated years of magnificent harvests from a single bucket of muddy transplants. While this book is full of farming wisdomand practical information on growing garlic gleaned from over twenty years of trial and error, it is more than that, it is a book of discovery.

Harvest Basket
Hand Crafted Ash Baskets Make Harvesting a Joy

Lovingly crafted from hand pounded black ash, these wonderful harvest baskets are custom made for Seeds of Change by Lee and Duane Hansen of Wolf River Handcrafts in the backwoods of Jackman, Maine. Whether youÕre collecting herbs, or bringing in a load of tomatoes, youÕll love heading out to the garden with this hand-crafted gem.

Seed Saving
Thoughts of next year's garden begin with this years seed.

Seed Storage and Saver Kits
A beautiful and convenient way to save your seeds until next spring.

This complete, attractive Seed Storage Kit includes twenty airtight, glass-topped tins, one with desiccant, and a reference guide to use along with the Seed Saver Kit. The Seed Saver Kit includes: Ten airtight, glass-topped tins; Glassine seed envelopes with labels; Seed collection & storage bags; Stakes for marking collection plants; Seed desiccant; Twine, bands, and pencil; Seed tin labels; Reference guide for collecting, cleaning, storing, and trading.


Seed to Seed
A complete seed saving guide from Suzanne Ashworth.

Covers 160 vegetable crops with detailed information on botanical classifications, flower structure, pollination methods, isolation distances, caging and hand-pollination techniques, and proper methods for harvesting, drying, cleaning and storing seeds. Invaluable for both beginning and experienced seed savers.



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