Planning your garden for 2013? The Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, located in Louisa, is once again donating 30% of the sales of certain seed packages to support PEC's Buy Fresh Buy Local program.
Start your garden off with two seed samplers that are rich in Virginia flavor and history -- either the Virginia Heritage Seed Collection or the Rainbow Starters Mix.
The Rainbow Starters Mix includes one packet each of the following:
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Jewel Mix nasturtiums
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Autumn Beauty sunflowers
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Royalty Purple Pod bush beans
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Lacinato Rainbow kale
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Easter Egg radishes
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Rainbow chard
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Cosmic Purple carrots
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Lemon cucumbers
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Tromboncino summer squash
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Wild Garden lettuce mix
Price: $20
The Virginia Heritage Seed Collection includes one packet each of the following:
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Contender Bush Bean
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Violet's Multicolored Butterbean
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Whippoorwill Southern Pea
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Georgia Green Collards
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Lemon Cucumber
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Deer Tongue Lettuce
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Choppee Okra
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Long Standing Bloomsdale Spinach
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Yellow Crookneck Summer Squash
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Old Virginia Tomato
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Sugar Cherry Tomato
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Yellow Moon and Stars Watermelon
Price: $25