I've been an occasional visitor to DG and finally decided to bite the bullet and subscribe. My wife and I have a 3/4-acre private garden with both flowers and vegetables (Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens) that's listed with the Smithsonian Institution as a national heritage garden and is on the National Register of Historic Places. We garden organically and no-till. While we do save some flower seeds, our main seed-saving efforts focus on our seed bank, which contains vegetable varieties brought to eastern Iowa from Germany in the 1850s by the settlers of the Amana Colonies. Our seed bank includes the following vegetable varieties: Vielfarbiger Rettig (radish), Eiersalaat (lettuce), Schwartzwurtzel (black salsify), Knollecellerie (celeriac), Gruene Bohnen (green string bean), and Ebenezer Zwiebel (onion). Our seeds become available to local gardeners in late April. Any remaining seeds are available to anyone who wants them.
We also have lots of perennials and will occasionally have some items available for trade, which I will post in the appropriate forum. Below is a photo of a section of our vegetable garden. I'll also post a photo of the entrance to our flower gardens.
