Transcript Highlights

R: Hello folks and welcome to episode 4  of season 2 of RegenEarth! I’m your co-host Rich Bowden and I can hear friend and co-host Jon Moore at the microphone in his Highclere Regen Farm studio! Welcome to the show!

J: Hello one and all.

R: Ok, Jon. We’ve covered backyard veggies and herbs in our two previous shows. This week the question is: What are heirlooms and how do I grow them? Let’s start with the first part: What are heirlooms?

J: 

• Traditional
• Like grand dad used to sow
• Italians, Greeks, Maltese, Lebonese ~ basically mediterranean

R: And what advantage or advantages do heirloom herbs and veggies have over the modern varieties?

J:

• Save your seeds
• Local adaptation
• Genetic base
• The big one: flavour
  • Especially tomatoes but in all varieties. 
  • 1000s of varieties. 
  • Come and go and some persistent