Twin Oaks Seed Farm grows open-pollinated and heirloom vegetable seeds on six acres of certified organic land. We are active participants in the movement to improve the quality and availability of regionally-adapted open-pollinated seeds.
We are forming a seed growing cooperative! Common Wealth Seed Growers is a new collaboration between Twin Oaks Seed Farm and our neighbors Living Energy Farm and All-Farm Organics. We are direct marketing about 15 varieties this year through our website and at the Virginia Association for Biological Farming conference. And planning what to grow and what to offer next year!
Twin Oaks Seed Farm started with a 3/4 acre seed garden in 2006 and has grown to six acres with a crew of eight people. We grow about 40 varieties each year in four separate gardens (to maintain necessary isolation distances). Crops include cucumbers, winter and summer squash, watermelon, muskmelon, southern peas, lima beans, okra, perennial onions, peanuts, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, ground cherries, corn, sunflowers, cosmos, arugula, turnips, rutabaga and collards.
Contact:
Edmund Frost
138 Twin Oaks Rd. Louisa, VA 23093
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We produce seeds for several small retail seed companies, including Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, Sow True Seeds, Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, Fedco Seeds, and Seed Savers Exchange. We also grow butternut squash for Local Food Hub in Charlottesville.
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Winter Luxury Pie Pumpkin. Lyndsey harvesting.
Winter Luxury Pie Pumpkin. Lyndsey harvesting.
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Winter Luxury Pie Pumpkin. Leave this one out for now, checking with Kyle.
Winter Luxury Pie Pumpkin. Kyle. RIP Seeds van.
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Winter Luxury Pie Pumpkin. Rosa.
Winter Luxury Pie Pumpkin. Rosa.
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Harvesting Whippoorwhill Cowpeas.
Harvesting Whippoorwhill Cowpeas.
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Tennessee Red Valencia peanut plants at midseason
Tennessee Red Valencia peanut plants at midseason
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Picking peanuts by hand. Whippoorwhill Cowpeas in foreground, Silver Queen okra behind.
Picking peanuts by hand. Whippoorwhill Cowpeas in foreground, Silver Queen okra behind.
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Tennessee Red Valencia Peanuts drying.
Tennessee Red Valencia Peanuts drying.
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Tennessee Red Valencia Peanuts. After harvest, in the shell.
Tennessee Red Valencia Peanuts. After harvest, in the shell.
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Strawberry Watermelon harvest.
Strawberry Watermelon harvest.
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Strawberry Watermelon.
Strawberry Watermelon.
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Young Silver Queen Okra plants.
Young Silver Queen Okra plants.
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Melon trials.
Melon trials. Elsa, Ken (Acorn), Edmund.
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Early Moonbeam Watermelon.
Early Moonbeam Watermelon.
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Shua processing Early Moonbeam Watermelon, Using Hardware Cloth Screen.
Shua processing Early Moonbeam Watermelon, Using hardware cloth screen.
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Shua & Nina processing Early Moonbeam Watermelon, using hardware cloth screen, lots of mosquitoes.
Shua & Nina processing Early Moonbeam Watermelon, using hardware cloth screen, lots of mosquitoes.
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Cucumber Leaf Sunflower (Beach Sunflower) under bird netting.
Cucumber Leaf Sunflower (Beach Sunflower) under bird netting.
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Cucumber Leaf Sunflower (Beach Sunflower) with Butternut Squash, Sweet Potatoes and Luffa Gourds in background.
Cucumber Leaf Sunflower (Beach Sunflower) with Butternut Squash, sweet potatoes and Luffa gourds in background.
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Cornell Butternut Squash breeding project (open pollinated line of Amber Delight Hybrid).
Cornell Butternut Squash breeding project (open pollinated line of Amber Delight Hybrid).
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Okra trash after combining.
Okra trash after combining.
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Combining Okra – Second Pass
Combining Okra – second pass.
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Cherokee Purple tomato.
Cherokee Purple tomato.
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Debbie samples a Cherokee Purple tomato.
Debbie samples a Cherokee Purple tomato.
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Butternut squash trial samples.
Butternut squash trial samples.
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At start of Butterbush squash harvest.
At start of Butterbush squash harvest.
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Putting Butterbush squash in bins.
Putting Butterbush squash in bins.
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Bradshaw’s Birdhouse gourd.
Harvested. Bradshaw’s Birdhouse gourd.
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Edmund catching a Birdhouse gourd.
Edmund catching a Birdhouse gourd.
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After Birdhouse gourd harvest.
Crew: Lyndsey, Nina , Kyle, Edmund. After Birdhouse gourd harvest.
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Clipping Butterbush squash.
Shua. Clipping Butterbush squash.
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Edmund with corn.
Edmund with corn.
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Processing: Eva, Wren, Shua..
Processing: Eva, Wren, Shua.
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Sabrina processing squash.
Sabrina processing squash.
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Kayde processing cotton.
Kayde processing cotton.
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Kayde with winnowed okra seeds.
Kayde with winnowed okra seeds.
Winter Luxury Pie Pumpkin. Lyndsey harvesting.
Winter Luxury Pie Pumpkin. Kyle. RIP Seeds van.
Winter Luxury Pie Pumpkin. Rosa.
Harvesting Whippoorwhill Cowpeas.
Tennessee Red Valencia peanut plants at midseason
Picking peanuts by hand. Whippoorwhill Cowpeas in foreground, Silver Queen okra behind.
Tennessee Red Valencia Peanuts drying.
Tennessee Red Valencia Peanuts. After harvest, in the shell.
Strawberry Watermelon harvest.
Strawberry Watermelon.
Young Silver Queen Okra plants.
Melon trials. Elsa, Ken (Acorn), Edmund.
Early Moonbeam Watermelon.
Shua processing Early Moonbeam Watermelon, Using hardware cloth screen.
Shua & Nina processing Early Moonbeam Watermelon, using hardware cloth screen, lots of mosquitoes.
Cucumber Leaf Sunflower (Beach Sunflower) under bird netting.
Cucumber Leaf Sunflower (Beach Sunflower) with Butternut Squash, sweet potatoes and Luffa gourds in background.
Cornell Butternut Squash breeding project (open pollinated line of Amber Delight Hybrid).
Okra trash after combining.
Combining Okra – second pass.
Cherokee Purple tomato.
Debbie samples a Cherokee Purple tomato.
Butternut squash trial samples.
At start of Butterbush squash harvest.
Putting Butterbush squash in bins.
Harvested. Bradshaw’s Birdhouse gourd.
Edmund catching a Birdhouse gourd.
Crew: Lyndsey, Nina , Kyle, Edmund. After Birdhouse gourd harvest.
Shua. Clipping Butterbush squash.
Edmund with corn.
Processing: Eva, Wren, Shua.
Sabrina processing squash.
Kayde processing cotton.
Kayde with winnowed okra seeds.
Twin Oaks Community Seeds grows heirloom and open-pollinated seeds mainly for Southern Exposure Seed Exchange (run by our sister community Acorn), as well as for Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds in Missouri and Fedco Seeds in Maine.