Think about Planting Heritage and Heirloom Seeds this Spring
By Uta Marshall, REALTOR at Royal LePage Prince George, BC
(Royal LePage)
Spring is in the air and this year I am preparing to plant only heritage and heirloom plants in my vegetable and flower gardens this year. I am able to do this as I have just moved into a new home and all gardens will also be new.Why heritage and heirloom seeds? Because, it is not only animals that become endangered and extinct - so do plants. By preserving these plants we are also preserving our food biodiversity. The world's current agricultural gene pool is becoming smaller and smaller. The danger here is that if those varieties become prone to diseases, the only way to save crops in failure is to find an old variety. What happens if there are no heritage varieties left? Our food supply could become threatened.Not only is it important to save these seeds, it is extremely inter...
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