High Mowing Organic Non-GMO Seeds

  1. Sneak Peek at Our 2019 Seed Catalog

    High Mowing's 2019 organic seed catalog will soon be on its way to growers! Here's a little sneak peek at what you’ll find in our catalog this year. (You can request a FREE copy if you haven't already, by clicking here.) GROWER PROFILES One of things we love the most about running a business that supports individual organic growers is...
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  2. What’s Up With Your Soil?

    How well do you know the soil that grows your food? Do you know whether your soil is “healthy” or “unhealthy” (or somewhere in between)? Even the most advanced growers will admit that there is always more to learn about the soil and how to nurture nutrients, biota, microorganisms and soil structure. Every year brings new opportunity to learn more...
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  3. Our Harvest Season GIVEAWAY!

    Thanks to our partners at Gardener’s Supply Company and Running Press, this month’s giveaway winner will receive a multipurpose garden hod harvest basket and a copy of the cookbook Food in Jars by Marisa McClellan. Gardener’s exclusive Mod Hod allows gardeners to easily wash soil off a harvest by rinsing produce right in the durable plastic basket. Once your harvest...
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  4. Why They Grow: The Story Behind Our Catalog Cover

    While all of the growers featured on our 2018 catalog cover use High Mowing seeds in their operations, more than seed ties them together. What they’re growing extends well beyond great vegetables: they grow healthier families, future leaders and new models for organic distribution. These nontraditional crops exemplify a shared dedication to nourishing our community, a value High Mowing equally...
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  5. Common Plant Diseases & Organic Control Options

    We’ve posted several in-depth articles on disease control and prevention here on our Seed Hopper blog before, and you can find them all archived in the “Plant Diseases” category in the left-hand navigation column. They include coverage of Late Blight, Downy Mildew and Disease Prevention in High Tunnel Production. Our “What’s Wrong with My Garden?” series goes over the basics...
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  6. 7 Resources for Season Extension

    All growers are familiar with the guessing game that happens each fall when cool weather comes around: when is the first hard freeze going to hit this year? As the global climate continues to shift in unpredictable ways, the things we as growers thought we knew about our regions’ ecological rhythms are being thrown to the wind (so to speak...
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  7. Our Fine Gardening GIVEAWAY!

    Thanks to our partners at Fine Gardening magazine, this month’s giveaway winner will receive a complementary 1-year subscription to FG magazine, a copy of Taunton’s Complete Guide to Growing Vegetables & Herbs, and a limited edition T-shirt. With Taunton’s guide book you’ll have a comprehensive resource at your fingertips for all your vegetable and herb growing needs, and the Fine...
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  8. The Search for Better Seed

    How High Mowing expanded our garlic selection and improved quality with our partners. Garlic is one of the most difficult crops in which to maintain quality. After frustrations in our early years with garlic seed that simply didn’t meet our standards, we committed to some operational changes in order to enhance our garlic offerings. Broadening Our Selection Our team identified...
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  9. Fall Cover Crops: How to Plan, Establish and Incorporate

    Why Plant Fall Cover Crops? A cover crop of winter rye emerging in early fall. Fall is the most common, and arguably the most important, time to sow cover crops. When the window for getting new cash crops in the ground closes, the window for sowing overwintering or winterkill cover crops begins. For some regions this can be as early...
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  10. 5 Water Retention Methods for Organic Growers

    Even if you don’t live in a drought-prone area, water retention is advantageous for any growing space. Vegetables require copious amounts of water to grow to their ideal eating size, and even in humid climates where moisture is plentiful farms must use surprising amounts of water for irrigation to achieve ideal results. No matter where you live and grow, there...
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