He writes whimsically of being a ''capital-O Organic gardener with capital-O Opinions'' that hybridized over the five years in big-o organic wisdom. Back in came several letters a day asking for answers to gardening problems, so Steve made time for horticultural study. Territorial Seed Company grew fast, and within a few years 100,000 mail-order catalogs and several thousand copies of Steve Solomon's 1981 natural gardening book "Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades" were going out the door every year. In wintertime, the mail-order seed business operated in a drafty warehouse, where customers waited their turn on the telephone party line and neighbors who seasonally helped in the warehouse, took turns chopping kindling to keep the woodstove stoked. The earliest seed-production crops were grown in isolation within neighbors' backyards including an open-pollinated Brussels sprout, a heirloom cranberry bean, and Lorane fava bean cover crop seed. The garden had clay soil with less than a gallon of water per minute from the well. Running a regional seed company responsibly meant sifting through the thousands of varieties available from a worldwide market to find the highest-quality, best-adapted ones, so Steve grew a serious trial ground in both summer and winter, consisting basically of comparison plots. The first Territorial Seed catalog was written in the fall of 1979. Purchased in 1985 from its founder Steve Solomon, Tom and Julie have grown the business substantially over the past 30 years but have never strayed far from the original course set by Steve. Territorial Seed Company is a privately held company, wholly owned by Tom and Julie Johns. Our million-strong team ensures healthy soil and plants. London Spring Farms: Territorial's research and plant production facility Greenhouses: We wouldn't be able to do it without you! Our Farm Certifications: Organic and BiodynamicĬover Crops: Feed your soil feed your plants. Natalie and Aaron's Amazing Eggplant Slidersįlower Power: Tips for beautiful flowers in and out of the garden.įlower Trial Evaluation-The Trial Ground’s Beauty PageantĪ Look at Our Vegetable Trials: The Seed Olympics If They Grow It They Will Eat It Getting your kids in the garden! The Search For Gold: Territorial’s tomato seed processing Territorial Seed Company Owners, Tom & Julie Johns-What they love to grow and why!Įmployee Favorites-we tried to keep the list short.Ĭauliflower-The Amazingly Transmutable Food Tips For First Time Gardeners From First Time Gardeners Winter Gardening: Minimum Effort-Maximum Reward Tomato Talk: Tips & Techniques for a Healthy, Tasty Cropįall & Winter Gardening Catalog Sneak Peek Plant Flowers, Invite Pollinators, Produce Fruit Winter Squash Harvest, Curing & Storage Chartsįestive & Fun: Two Easy Salads for Your 4th of July Celebrations Quality Seed Starts with Quality Stock Seed Terroir of Soil: Artisan Cultivation Practices Grow the Best Tasting Vegetablesįall-Sown Flower Seed for Big Spring Blooms!Įmployee Favorites: Fall & Winter Editionīrussels Sprouts: The Cool-Weather Cuisine Staple ![]() Territorial Seed Company’s Braised Radicchio with Roasted Garlic Dressing Grow More Food: Fall/Winter Gardening & Season Extension Tipsīehind the Scenes of our Seed Filling Department Grow Your Own Garlic: The Multifaceted Culinary Delight! Money doesn’t grow on trees, but check your lettuce patch…money could be growing there! Email that list to We’ll let you know when your seeds are in and ready for you to pick up.Bedding or cutting flowers? Why not enjoy the best of both worlds?.Put together your list (Please specify you are ordering from the Territorial Seed Company catalog).Browse the Territorial Seed Company online store.As a vendor, we receive much better shipping rates than direct to customers so we are happy to save you a little green. We are happy to special order any Territorial Seed Company seeds packs that we do not already have in stock. They are so confident that their seeds will perform well just about anywhere you want to grow that they offer a full guarantee. Each one lives up to the rigors of growing in similar growing seasons to those we find here in Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming. All of their seed varieties are trialed and evaluated at their 75 acre farm, nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountain range. We are excited about the addition of the Territorial Seed Company line to our seed inventory this spring.
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