Lonesome Whistle Farm

Lonesome Whistle Farm offers high quality organic garlic seed, as well as table garlic for eating. We also offer open-pollinated vegetable, flower, and grain seed for your garden or farm.  We specialize in heirloom and rare varieties. We do this in order to preserve and promote genetic diversity, introduce fellow gardeners and farmers to rare and exciting varieties, and share our passion for growing food and saving seeds. All of our seeds are certified organic and grown by us. Thanks for swingin' by our website and best of luck in the garden.

Update 12/23/09 All of our vegetable, flower, and grain seed varieties for 2010 are now available. Check out our seed list!

Update 10/5/09 WE ARE SOLD OUT OF GARLIC FOR 2009!  Happy Fall to all!

Update 8/18/09 All of the garlic is cured and we are now marketing it to stores in Eugene and online.  Our greenhouse converted to shade structure served us well these last few weeks.  The garlic looks amazing and we've been cutting it down and clipping and cleaning like mad.

Update 7/23/09 Our garlic is all out of the field as of today, we are so glad to have accomplished this task! What an undertaking, and so much work yet to do.  We are pleased with the yield, and are looking forward to your orders and farmers markets.

Update 7/17/09 We've been working 14 hour days digging and hanging garlic in the barn to cure.  We are busy making braids with the Early Italian Purple, they look great!  Seed stock is looking beautiful as is table grade.  Customers at farmers market are excited to try our different varieties, some trying one or two each week.  Our silverskin, Nootka Rose, is the last to harvest and then we are done.  We are ready for pre-orders, get it while it lasts!

Update 7/1/09 Harvest time is upon us and we are gearing up for some long days ahead.  Here goes!

Update 6/17/09 Summer weather is upon us and the garlic is lovin' it.  We are preparing our garlic curing area and getting ready to hang roughly 2500 lbs. of garlic from the rafters!  Garlic is still greenish blue and still growing, bulbs are looking plump.  We just finished harvesting all of our garlic whistles/scapes and selling some to local grocers.   Soon we will have constant garlic breath!

Update 5/5/09 Today the Willamette Valley is living up to it's reputation and we are getting rain rain rain.  The garlic is loving it, and getting bigger before our eyes.  However, we can't wait until we can direct seed our exciting heirloom beans!  More pics to come in the photo gallery of our Spring adventures in farming.

"Agriculture and seeds provide the basis upon which our lives depend. We must protect this foundation as a safe and genetically stable source for future generations. For the benefit of all farmers, gardeners and consumers who want an alternative, we pledge that we do not knowingly buy or sell genetically engineered seeds or plants. The mechanical transfer of genetic material outside of natural reproductive methods and between genera, families or kingdoms, poses great biological risks as well as economic, political, and cultural threats. We feel that genetically engineered varieties have been insufficiently tested prior to public release. More research and testing is necessary to further assess the potential risks of genetically engineered seeds. Further, we wish to support agricultural progress that leads to healthier soils, to genetically diverse agricultural ecosystems, and ultimately to healthy people and communities."