Every day, Americans are moving more and more toward eating natural, locally grown food that is free of pesticides and preservatives, and there is no better way to ensure this than to grow it yourself.

The Heirloom Life Gardener will become your go-to resource and the only guide you'll need. From growing, collecting, and preservation tips, to history, seed sources, name origins, and organic gardening. 

This will become an invaluable resource, whether your growing space is five feet or five acres.

This book will take you beyond the heirloom tomato, with an A-Z guide to growing fifty heirloom vegetables, from Asparagus to Zucchini. All beautiful, and all delicious.

The Heirloom Life Gardener is a first of its kind book that is not only a guide to growing beautiful and delicious vegetables, but also a way to join the growing movement of people who long for real food and a truer way of living.

Martha Stewart calls The Heirloom Life Gardener, “A book that is sure to inspire, educate, and inform new gardeners...”

         

Jere Gettle's passion for farming developed early, and by the age of seventeen he was in business, selling seeds from his bedroom in Mansfield, Missouri. He didn't set out to start an empire but to save heritage plant varietals from being lost to genetically modified mega plants—and to wave the banner for a way of life he saw rapidly disappearing. His seed company now has over 50 full-time employees and includes a store, vegan restaurant, and pioneer village in his hometown of Mansfield, Missouri, as well as two other retail operations in Petaluma, California, and Wethersfield, Connecticut.
Emilee Gettle was in the garden at two years of age, where a love of growing vegetables was passed on to her from and grandparents and parents. She enjoys preserving the bounty from her garden and working hand in hand with her husband on their heirloom farm.

From the founders of the nationally renowned Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company comes their first book. The Heirloom Life Gardener is the first comprehensive guide to heirloom gardening—whether you're just starting out in your backyard or have been gardening for years.

O, the Oprah Magazine says of Jere and Emilee, “These are the people on the cutting edge of food culture.”