“Seed is the source of life and the first link in the food chain.”
March 10th 2023
The Future Heirlooms Seed Bank will soon be available again for online orders, as well as locally available in stores!
Future Heirlooms Seed Bank
All of the seeds found in the Future Heirlooms Seed Bank were grown with love, by hand at our Grow Biointensive Research, Education and Demonstration Mini-Farm.
All seeds are open-pollinated, grown organically, transplanted and harvested by hand with care.
We’ve focused our research on rare and endangered varieties that are highly adaptable in order to facilitate acclimatization to micro-climates, and preserve these valuable and increasingly endangered genetics.
As a result, you’ll find many Heirloom, Landrace and Heritage varieties!
Our Micro-Climate
Future Heirlooms is located near Kimberley British Columbia, nestled in the Columbia valley between the Purcell and Canadian Rocky mountain ranges.
Our gardens reach 4000ft elevation and are situated just under the 50th parallel. We have a cold short growing season in a semi-arid overall climate in the region.
Our micro-climate is particularly cold, with roughly a 3 month main growing season, and 2 very frosty months on either side. We have no frost free growing months even in summer, with a typical summer day reaching 30c during the day and 5c overnight.
Our soil is a sandy loam with moderately low soil organic matter and a fairly alkaline pH of 8-8.5.
Acclimatization
Through rigorous variety trials and selective seed saving, we’ve begun to acclimatize these varieties to our unique micro-climate; selecting the strongest, fastest, highest yielding plants which also acclimatizes them to our unique micro-climate conditions.
As a result, all of the seeds we are sharing with you are very cold tolerant, frost tolerant, adapted to extreme temperature shifts between day/night, and overall acclimatized to our dry climate, dry sandy soil and high pH.
If you have a different micro-climate, fear not! These open-pollinated seeds are capable of acclimatizing to your micro-climate as well! Simply save your own seed, and you’ll quickly see your own yields increase as your plants grow and adapt to your growing conditions.
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