Category Archive: Seeds

Aug 25

Seed Saving 101: Spinach & Lettuce Seed Saving

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Before Monstanto, before Walmart, and before any modern hybrid seeds available in convenient packets, humans saved seeds from season to season.  This brought us closer to our land, to the cycle of life, death, and rebirth, and to our own food.  These saved seeds, which were adapted to the particular climate and carefully chosen from [...]

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Feb 12

Seed Saving, Heirloom Seeds, and Sustainability

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When I started patio gardening some years ago, I didn’t really know a lot about seeds.  Like most Americans, I had simply gone to the store, bought a packet of seeds (or a group of plants already started from a local nursery) planted them, tended them, and watched them grow.  Then, a good friend of [...]

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