Maggie's Herbs & Heirlooms Home Page

	Plant Type	Plant Name	Supplier
Herbs	Anise	Anise	Seed Savers
	Basil	Fino Verde	Abundant Life Seeds
	Basil	Genovese	Seed Savers
	Basil	Lemon	Seed Savers
	Basil	Lime	Seeds of Change
	Basil	Thai Basil	Maggie’s Garden
	Chamomile	German	Seed Savers
	Chives	Garlic (Chinese Leeks)	Vermont Organic Plugs
	Cilantro	Slow Bolt	Vermont Organic Plugs
	Cumin	Cumin	Seed Savers
	Dill	Dill	Maggie's Garden
	Echinacea	Purple	Seed Savers
	Epazote	Epazote	Maggie's Garden
	Fennel	Bronze	Abundant Life Seeds
	Fennel	Perfection	Seeds of Change
	Lavender	English	Vermont Organic Plugs
	Lavender	Munstead	Vermont Organic Plugs
	Lemon Balm	Lemon Balm	Vermont Organic Plugs
	Lemongrass	Indonesian	Maggie's Garden
	Marjoram	Sweet Marjoram	Vermont Organic Plugs
	Mint	Chocolate	Vermont Organic Plugs
	Mint	Orange	Vermont Organic Plugs
	Mint	Spearmint	Vermont Organic Plugs
	Oregano	Greek	Vermont Organic Plugs
	Parsley	Curled	Vermont Organic Plugs
	Parsley	Italian Flat Leaf	Vermont Organic Plugs
	Rosemary	Rosemary Officianalis	Maggie’s Garden
	Sage	Pineapple	Vermont Organic Plugs
	Sage	Garden	Vermont Organic Plugs
	Sorrel	Garden	Maggie's Garden
	Stevia	Stevia rebaudiana	Whatcom Seed Company
	Summer Savory	Summer Savory	Seeds of Change
	Tarragon	French	Vermont Organic Plugs
	Thyme	Garden	Vermont Organic Plugs
	Thyme	Lemon	Vermont Organic Plugs
	Verbena	Lemon	The Tasteful Garden
Heirloom	Celery	Celebration	Seeds of Change
Vegetables	Cucumber	A&C Pickling	Seed Savers
	Cucumber	Boothby's Blonde	Seed Savers
	Cucumber	Bushy	Seed Savers
	Cucumber	Early Fortune	Seed Savers
	Cucumber	Japanese Climbing	Seed Savers
	Cucumber	Mideast Prolific	Seeds of Change
	Cucumber	True Lemon	Seed Savers
	Eggplant	Listada de Gandia	Seed Savers
	Eggplant	Ping Tung Long	Seed Savers
	Leeks	Bandit	Seeds of Change
	Melon	Charentais	Seed Savers
	Melon	Cream Saskatchewan	Seed Savers
	Melon	Minnesota Midget	Abundant Life Seeds
	Melon	Moon & Stars Yellow Watermelon	Seed Savers
	Melon	Moon and Stars Watermelon	Seed Savers
	Melon	Sugar Baby Watermelon	Seeds of Change
	Onion	Cipollini	Seeds of Change
	Onion	Newburg	Seeds of Change
	Onion	Rossa di Milano	Seeds of Change
	Pepper - Chile	Ancho Gigantea	Seed Savers
	Pepper - Chile	Beaver Dam	Seed Savers
	Pepper - Chile	Black Hungarian	Seed Savers
	Pepper - Chile	Cyklon	Seed Savers
	Pepper - Chile	Habanero	Seed Savers
	Pepper - Chile	Jalapeno	Seeds of Change
	Pepper - Chile	Santa Fe Grande	Seed Savers
	Pepper – Chile	Serrano	Maggie’s Garden
	Pepper - Sweet	Buran	Seed Savers
	Pepper - Sweet	Garden Sunshine	Seed Savers
	Pepper - Sweet	Healthy	Seed Savers
	Pepper - Sweet	Jimmy Nardello's	Seed Savers
	Pepper - Sweet	Marconi Red	Seed Savers
	Pepper - Sweet	Napolean Sweet	Seed Savers
	Pepper - Sweet	Quadrato Asti Giallo	Seed Savers
	Squash - Summer	Black Beauty Zucchini	Seeds of Change
	Squash - Summer	Yellow Crookneck	Seeds of Change
	Squash - Winter	Amish Pie Squash	Seed Savers
	Squash - Winter	Delicata Zeppelin	Seeds of Change
	Squash - Winter	Sweet Dumpling	Seeds of Change
	Tomatillo	Purple De Milpa	Underwood Gardens
	Tomatillo	Verde	Seeds of Change
	Tomato - Beefsteak	Aunt Ruby's German Green	Seed Savers
	Tomato - Beefsteak	Brandywine	Seeds of Change
	Tomato - Beefsteak	Cherokee Purple	Seed Savers
	Tomato - Beefsteak	German Pink	Seed Savers
	Tomato - Beefsteak	Hillbilly Potato Leaf	Seed Savers
	Tomato - Cherry	Beam's Yellow Pear	Seed Savers
	Tomato - Cherry	Blondkoptchen	Seed Savers
	Tomato - Cherry	Chadwick	Seeds of Change
	Tomato - Cherry	Cherry Roma	Seed Savers
	Tomato – Cherry	Christmas Grape	Burpee Seeds
	Tomato - Cherry	Currant - Sweet Pea	Seed Savers
	Tomato - Cherry	Mexico Midget	Seed Savers
	Tomato - Cherry	Peacevine	Seeds of Change
	Tomato – Cherry	Princepe Borghese	Maggie’s Garden
	Tomato - Cherry	Riesentraube	Seed Savers
	Tomato - Container	Burbank	Seeds of Change
	Tomato – Container	Earliana	Seed Savers
	Tomato - Container	Russian Persimmon	Seed Savers
	Tomato - Container	Silvery Fir Tree	Seed Savers
	Tomato - Paste	Amish Paste	Seed Savers
	Tomato - Paste	Black Plum	Seeds of Change
	Tomato - Paste	Plum Lemon	Seed Savers
	Tomato - Paste	San Marzano	Seeds of Change
	Tomato - Salad	Green Zebra	Seeds of Change
	Tomato - Salad	Jaune Flammee	Seed Savers
	Tomato - Salad	Stupice	Seeds of Change
	Tomato - Salad	Yellow Perfection	Seeds of Change
	Tomato - Slicing	Arkansas Traveler	Seeds of Change
	Tomato - Slicing	Black from Tula	Seed Savers
	Tomato - Slicing	Moonglow	Seed Savers
	Tomato - Slicing	Wisconsin 55	Seeds of Change

History and Goals

I started Maggie’s Herbs and Heirlooms in 1999 after choosing to “retire” from the Information Systems business. For many years I had been trying to start my own herb, vegetable and flower plants in a rigged up basement settings, with less than desirable results. A greenhouse was the solution. My husband Jim and I put up the greenhouse on our one acre lot in the town of Waukesha. When the property around us was bought up by developers for high density housing and industrial use, we decided to sell and move to our dream “hobby farm”. We found this in rural Elkhorn Wisconsin.

We now have 10 acres with 3 vegetable plots, dozens of flower beds, nearly 100 trees and shrubs planted, 2 barns, 2 greenhouses, chickens, 4 cats, a dog and a tractor. Whew!

The mission of Maggie’s Herbs and Heirlooms is to supply local gardeners with organically grown herb and heirloom vegetable plants. In the process, I hope to educate and learn from other gardeners. Another goal is to turn the business into a sustainable enterprise. I plan to create a composting operation to provide the bulk of the potting soil. I am working up the soil in my garden plots to allow me to grow out all of the varieties that I sell and save the seeds. This will help to produce plants that do well in our local climate and soil. We are not there yet, but every season gets us a little closer.

Current Operations

Seeds and plants come from several sources. I save a couple of varieties from my own gardens. I have grown my own gardens and lawn organically for over 20 years.

Seeds of Change has been selling organic heirloom and open pollinated seed for many years. Their growers are located all over the country, so the exact location they come from depends on the variety.

Seed Savers Exchange is located in northern Iowa, and has the mission of preserving heirloom varieties from all over the world. They are certified organic and most of their growers are also organic.

Vermont Organic Plugs is a new source I am using for herb “plugs”. Due to my limited greenhouse space, they get the seeds started and I pot them and get them to the size suitable for planting out in your garden or pot.

I ordered some seeds from Abundant Life Seeds - a foundation much like Seed Savers Exchange located in Oregon and dedicated to preserving genetic diversity using organic and biodynamic growing practices.

In order to continue offering a couple of varieties, I had to go to other sources like Burpee and Park Seed, but I was able to find organic seed from them.

The potting mix is now made with locally produced Purple Cow activated compost. I add perlite, coir, and aged pine bark.

Unfortunately the pots and tags are plastic, but I re-use them and the flats for as long as they hold out. I encourage my customers to return the pots and tags to me to be reused or recycled.

I use Certified Organic fertilizer – the brand is yet to be determined at this time.

Neem and insecticidal soap are used as pesticide only when needed. My philosophy is that a healthy plant can survive most insect and disease problems, so I focus on healthy plants.