The outdoor extravaganza included tours of their trial fields, seminars and a meal made of local foods by the Culinary Institute... mmm mmm good!
We loved touring the trial gardens where they test plants to see if they will include those seeds in their future catalogues. High Mowing offers 600+ varieties of organic seeds. The company creates their own hybrid seeds and works to 'de-hybridize' certain varieties.
Here we are learning from Tom, the founder of the company, on how to save seeds! Many other High Mowing employees also offered great seminars and tours throughout the day.
Here are the seeds inside of an extremely ripe cucumber. High Mowing will harvest the cucumbers they've been growing all summer, remove the seeds, clean them, dry them and then package them up for customers.
All the plants growing in the field we saw are in the trial stage. There are many more fields where their plants are growing that they will harvest for seed.
I was amazed at how many different varieties of plants and veggies there were. I felt like I saw more unique vegetables in that one day than in my whole life. Here are some beautiful heirloom tomatoes!
Lettuce starting to grow!
These were the tents set up for seminars and the meal prepared by the Culinary Institute.
More large lettuce plants!
Here are some of the many peppers they are testing out - just look at that color!
Look at those colorful carrots!
A pretty line of onions drying in the sun.
Dinner was a major highlight of the day.
What a small world it is when you can run into people you met years ago on a plane and they still remember you. If you have an interest in growing organic seeds in your garden, you can order seeds from High Mowing online!
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