Native Seeds/SEARCH Catalog Review

You don’t have to garden in the Southwest to appreciate the work of Native Seeds/SEARCH.

What nurseryman would n’t fall for the ancestry , “ If you ’ve ensure one semen catalogue , you ’ve seen them all … correct ? ”

My guess is that most gardeners have never pick up a catalog like the one fromNative Seeds / SEARCH , a non - profit preservation organization located in Tucson , Arizona . The word SEARCH stands for Southwest Endangered Aridlands Resource Clearing House and the radical is dedicated to ensuring that ancient crops and their uncivilised relatives are around for generations to come .

The Seedlisting sport an assortment of beans , Zea mays , chile common pepper and other varieties that just are n’t offer in any other seed catalogue .

I ’ve grown peppers in my garden for years , but I ’ve never had the chance to grow Del Arbol “ Tree Chiles ” from Chihuahua or Alcalde , a aboriginal chile capsicum from New Mexico .

Native Seeds / SEARCH3061 N. Campbell Ave . Tucson , AZ 85719866-622-5561www.nativeseeds.org

bespeak a catalog …

The Sir Frederick Handley Page of the colored catalog are filled with verbal description of purplish - silk Hopi Sweet Corn and Teosinte , the godforsaken antecedent of modern corn . There are Rattlesnake bean that can live on on summertime monsoon rains and the Tarahumara Ojo de Cabra “ Goat ’s Eye ” perch bean that produces bean with purple stripes .

These are the solid food crops that have sustain traditional communities for C and also admit gourds , green , aboriginal herbs , melons , squash , tomatoes and Physalis philadelphica .

Perhaps the catalog will instigate you to order corn , squash and bean seeded player for a Three Sisters found in a backyard Zuniwaffle garden .

This year Seedlisting is introducing a fresh line called Tucson Seed . These are desert - hardy varieties of familiar vegetables for gardening like arugula , beets , carrot , cucumber , and kale .

The chemical group also offers a number of interesting production such as chile pulverisation and flakes , dry beans , grains , blue Indian meal , and organic popped amaranth . Mole powder ( a portmanteau word of chiles , spice and fruit ) is available in unlike combinations to blend into sauces to serve over chicken , Pisces or even iguana !

The catalog is a fascinating view of the expanse ’s patrimonial gardeners — the original seedsavers . Their praxis of acquiring come , planting and relieve germ dates back 10,000 year .

The organisation has a membership program and encourages donations to support its important seed preservation piece of work . Native Seeds / SEARCH also broadcast free seeds to Native Americans live in the Greater Southwest .

With every order , gardener will have a notecase - sized brochure shout out Seed Watch . This seed purchaser ’s guide is designed to educate and to “ support genetically diverse , sustainable , little ordered series , bioregional Agriculture Department . ”

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The Native Seeds/SEARCH Seedlisting catalog features many rare seeds that can’t be purchased elsewhere. A free Seed Watch seed buyer’s guide is sent with every order.Photo/Illustration: Jodi Torpey

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