Enter a Product Name or the first four digits of the product SKU in the Product Name field.
Choose a Seed Weight or Count from the drop down and update the Quantity if needed.
Use “Remove” or “Add Another Item” to add or remove items from the list.
When your selections are complete, “Add all to Cart”, or to refine your list later, “Save Quick Order”.
Go to the Saved Quick Order tab to adjust sizes or quantities, or “unselect” items, before adding selections to your cart. Note that adding more items after saving will begin a new Saved Quick Order list.
Product Name
SKU #
Begin typing product name or enter first 4 digits of SKU #
Originally native to India, basil has earned itself a seat at many a dinner table around the world. Most commonly found in Italian cuisine and a main ingredient in the popular condiment pesto, basil is also used in many Southeast Asian dishes as well. This delicious aromatic mint-relative has many wonderful properties and a multitude of uses around the world...
PLEASE NOTE: SINCE THE ORIGINAL PUBLICATION DATE OF THIS BLOG POST THERE HAS BEEN A MATERIALS UPDATE ON THE NATIONAL ORGANIC PROGRAM (NOP) STANDARDS. There was some concern that because paper chain transplanting pots contain a synthetic substance they should not be approved for use in organic production. As of January 2019, the NOP has reversed their decision to put...
Frank Morton is a plant breeder and founder of Wild Garden Seed in Oregon. He and his family supply many of the unique varieties in the High Mowing catalog. On a spring day in the early 1980’s, a curious young salad grower found himself looking at one red lettuce seedling in a sea of flats filled with tender green oakleaf...
Picture by Chez Loulou Among the vast cornucopia of crops grown by the diversified vegetable farmer, there isn’t another quite like the Belgian endive. Also known as witloof – which means “white leaf” in Dutch – Belgian endives are a long season crop that requires a winter, indoor “forcing” phase to produce tightly-wrapped, almond-shaped, cream colored heads. The process has...
Win a $75 gift certificate to High Mowing Organic Seeds! This contest has ended - congratulations to Adrienne! Thank you to everyone who participated! Half the fun of having a garden is planning the garden during those long cold winter months when all is grey and dark outside. Looking at all those pictures of bright, beautiful vegetables, herbs and flowers...
At High Mowing Seeds, we know how important it is to offer varieties that are well adapted to the climates in each region of the country. We are always gathering feedback from our customers, staff, and seed growers about how our varieties do under different conditions, and this feedback is essential in helping us develop a selection that reflects the...
In Vermont we frequently use the term “cabin fever” at this time of year, since it seems like such a long time since it was warm enough to spend our days outdoors. It’s easy to feel stuck inside and disconnected from nature, particularly for farmers and gardeners who start to feel accustomed to life in daily contact with the summer...
This contest is now over - thanks for everyone who entered! We love to hear from our customers on what your favorite varieties are - and why! Providing us with feedback on the varieties we carry helps us improve the selection we carry, so in return, we'd like to offer one lucky commenter a $50 gift certificate to High Mowing...
This article is the second in a series about High Mowing Organic Seeds’ president Tom Stearns’ travels to “hotspots” of seed production. Knowledge of seed saving and production is relatively hard to come by, so it is often necessary to go directly to the source – seed companies, breeders, producers, farmers and students; the leaders in the organic seed industry...
Every year, High Mowing donates a huge quantity of seeds and produce. The donations end up in the hands of recipients ranging in distance from just across the driveway to places as far-flung as Haiti. These donations are an integral part of what we do and help us achieve our goal of being good stewards to our local and not-so-local...