This Year's Garden

On Sunday Mark's dad showed us a shoebox that was passed down to him from his father. This box contained hundreds of seeds from various vegetables, all labeled and separated into different envelopes and baggies.

Mark's grandfather and great-grandfather had both saved these seeds from their favorite veggies that they had planted in their own gardens through the years. Some of the bags were labeled with a year, like '76 Stone Tomato' and '1984 Long Squash.' Others were labeled written in Italian, and we have yet to figure out what those seeds are.

We took a few home to see if we could bring them back to life for our own garden this year. If they re-germinate, I think it would be a pretty cool family tradition. We'll keep you posted!