I've been writing about urban gardening and food growing both online and in book form for 18 years! I launched You Grow Girl™ in February 2000 and have gone on to write 5 books and countless articles on the subject. I also give presentations and teach workshops on growing and putting up your own food in small, urban spaces.

BIO

GAYLA TRAIL is a writer and photographer with a background in the Fine Arts, cultural criticism, and ecology. She is the author, photographer, and designer of best-selling books on gardening, garden to table cooking, and preserving including: You Grow Girl: The Groundbreaking Guide to Gardening, Grow Great Grub: Organic Food from Small Spaces [Since translated into German, Croatian, and Portuguese.], Easy Growing: Organic Herbs and Edible Flowers from Small Spaces, Drinking the Summer Garden: Homegrown Thirst Quenchers, Concoctions, Sips, and Nibbles AND Grow Curious: Creative Activities to Cultivate Joy, Wonder, and Discovery in Your Garden.

ABOUT MY SEEDS

If forced to grow one type of plant for the rest of my life, it would be tomatoes. There are so many amazing colours, shapes, sizes, and flavours found in the endless varieties available that I would never be bored. I am also an avid seed saver and a few years back I decided to merge my love of the two by offering up a few of the unique and wonderful varieties that I grow in my own garden. This is a small scale operation -- ALL of the seeds I sell were grown, processed, and packaged by my hand and completely chemical free.

+ Seed Rates and Germination: In listings and on packages I indicate the year seeds were grown. The standard practice of most companies is to indicate the year seeds were packaged; however, those seeds could have been grown years prior. I keep my seeds in dry, cool storage and test the germination rate of my seed annually. I only sell seed that exceeds germination seed standards (75%+ for tomatoes).

All photos in my listings were taken by me.