To Heirloom or Not to Heirloom? That is the Question.

So my seed catalogs have not yet arrived and with another snowstorm looming for the east coast, it is a bit difficult to stay focused on gardening. Of course, enter my adorable husband and his penchant for cooking up homemade tomato sauce (gravy to my Italian friends) on a cold day to get me thinking about a bountiful harvest of tomatoes from the veggie garden (plans are getting big!) along with parsley, oregano, and thyme.

For some reason, I want to avoid BURPEE seeds. I have no idea why -- just seems so commercialized -- I was hoping for some heirloom tomato seeds and organically produced herbs rather than what I can pick up at Home Depot. Is there a difference? I have no idea -- but I'm sure to be inspired by the catalog cover artwork alone!

Just wondering -- In our search for organic are we really looking for something else? A return to simpler times perhaps. Too bad we can't buy that in the supermarket...