“The pandemic showed people that growing your own food is something you can do. 8:00 am, Mar. 11, 2021 ×
Photos courtesy of Superior Seed Company
When Jen and Eric Mistry couldn’t find what they were looking for, they made it themselves.
In November, the couple launched Superior Seed Company, a web-based business that offers premium herb, veggie and flower kits with instructions on how to plant them and in the right amounts.
Seeds often come in packs of a few dozen to 500 or 1,000. “If you’re just growing a home garden or just on a deck or balcony, that’s way too many seeds,” Eric Mistry said.
by Gary Boelhower
when the soil is still cold to the touch
and nights still shiver with frost
when the sun is just beginning to whisper
its promises of summer green gardens.
This is the seed that grows a family
and builds a home just the right size
to keep the whole clan safe and sound.
This is the wise vegetable of the pandemic
teaching about safety and spread, distance and togetherness.
This is the vegetable that creates worlds
sweet planets, galaxies of heavenly orbs
with names like Tom Thumb and Half Pint
Green Arrow and Tall Telephone
Mr. Big and Little Marvel.
The Duluth Community Garden Program named broccoli in 2020 and rutabaga in 2019. 10:10 am, Jan. 4, 2021 ×
The Duluth Community Garden Program named peas as 2021 s veggie of the year. (2015 file / News Tribune)
And the veggie of the year is … peas.
The Duluth Community Garden Program made the announcement early New Year s Day on Instagram.
The veggie of the year is connected to the local nonprofit’s healthy-eating initiative to gather people around growing and cooking a single vegetable.
To be considered, a veggie needs to increase food access, grow well in Duluth and store well during a Northland growing season.
The Duluth Community Garden Program named broccoli in 2020 and rutabaga in 2019. Onion, carrot, squash and kohlrabi topped past years.