Purple carrots, blue potatoes, and black tomatoes? Plant a garden full of colorful vegetables and eat the rainbow!

2. Stowell’s Evergreen sweet corn: $4.95 for 100 seeds, which should be enough for two seasons. This is an heirloom corn that does well in Tucson and is great eaten on the cob, Borseth says.

Farmers look at samples of heirloom corn during a seed trading event May 18 in Apizaco, Mexico. Some farmers in Mexico have been holding on to heirloom strains for generations.

Farmers look at samples of heirloom corn during a seed trading event May 18 in Apizaco, Mexico. Some farmers in Mexico have been holding on to heirloom strains for generations.

Farmers look at samples of heirloom corn during a seed trading event May 18 in Apizaco, Mexico. Some farmers in Mexico have been holding on to heirloom strains for generations.

Farmers look at samples of heirloom corn during a seed trading event May 18 in Apizaco, Mexico. Some farmers in Mexico have been holding on to heirloom strains for generations.

Two team members ordered a variety of heirloom corn strains and planted them back in 2013. Next, a new proprietary strain of heirloom corn was born through a combination of natural selection, ...

These plants have been a part of Cherokee gardens and landscapes for centuries.” Seeds available for the 2024 growing season include multiple types of corn, gourds and beans.