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A forum where we can offer or request seeds for exchange . Seeds gradually adapt to local climate and soil conditions over time, so each year they are saved and regrown they should do better in good fertile soil.particularly when you save seed from the best plants
Remember that heritage seeds will come true to seed, but GM plants will not produce seed, and F1seed will not breed true to type but produces seed from parent plants in various combinations, so not reccomended also they are not as strong as naturally selected seed.. Some companies like The Real Seed co and garden organic provide instructions for the best method to save seed.
As climate changes with global warming we may need to select crops to suit changes in climate, many immigrants have successfully adapted their favourite vegetables to grow here, so some exotics are worth growing if you like them..
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Latest Activity: Feb 7
Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.
Robert H. Schuller
Seeds are our heritage passed down from our ancestors, generation to generation.
You only need to buy heritage seeds once if you save seed year to year
nature is incredibly generous with seeds one tomatillo provides enough seeds for a dozen people to enjoy a generous quantity free, unlike the packet seeds we pay a fortune for One cabbage gave me enough seed to supply our village.
The miracle of the seed and the soil is not available by affirmation; it is only available by labor.
Rohn, Jim
My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~H. Fred Dale
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Prepare for spring !
Started by gael.bage. Last reply by gael.bage Dec 14, 2012. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Prepare your land for spring, land dug and left without a crop will suffer overwinter - the heavy rains will wash nutrients down through the soil so if you can cover with a mulch or next year grow a…Continue
Tags: protection, planting, mnuring, preparation, soil
Home Grown and Frugal Living
Started by gael.bage Sep 9, 2012. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Amazing what you can achieve om one fifth of an acre, with a few packets of seeds !…Continue
Tags: self, reliance, frugality, productivoty, gardening
What Seeds are you Planting Now ?
Started by gael.bage Aug 26, 2012. 0 Replies 1 Like
I am planting hardy peas and broad beans, spring greens this autumn also onions and garlic to overwinter for an early crop.Considering overwintering a small patch of grain as a trial.Also considering…Continue
This is a Giving Group.
Started by gael.bage Aug 23, 2012. 0 Replies 0 Likes
If you need seeds please feel free to ask for what you need,,find seeds in pages here, later, when you have learned and are more productive you can in turn help others - nature produces seeds…Continue
Tags: change, climate, -nature, sharing, generosity
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Comment by gael.bage on February 7, 2013 at 16:09 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbtR27JbEbs easy peasy we can all do this - get planting - spring is in the air tra la la la
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Comment by gael.bage on December 11, 2012 at 22:18
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Garden grants available, for new gardeners
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Comment by Barb Dwyer on September 9, 2012 at 20:43
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Comment by Barb Dwyer on September 9, 2012 at 20:40
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http://pe.usps.gov/text/imm/fh_014.htm#ep3576772
Us mailing to Great Britan
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Comment by Barb Dwyer on September 9, 2012 at 20:39
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I found this - might help answer questions about International mailing of seeds!
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Comment by gael.bage on September 1, 2012 at 22:58
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RHS Vegetable planner - yearly plan for planting
http://cdn-5.create.net/sitefiles/5/3/2/53279/veg%20planner.pdf
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Comment by poetwhoknowsit on August 24, 2012 at 14:49 -
Code of Conduct covering the collection of wild seeds in the UK
http://www.thewildflowersociety.com/wfs_new_pages/1f_code_of_conduc...
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Comment by poetwhoknowsit on August 24, 2012 at 14:45
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Tips on Saving Your Own Seeds
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/schoolgardening/uploads/documents/Tips%20on%...
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Comment by poetwhoknowsit on August 24, 2012 at 14:44
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seed collecting and storing
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Comment by gael.bage on August 24, 2012 at 13:34
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Ty barb, hugs, btw only did one for uk because I thought regs different in other countries better ofganised in country?
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Nature Isn't Silly
Posted by Barb Dwyer on May 16, 2013 at 2:30 2 Comments 0 Likes
Where to begin…first - I apologize for this being so LONG everyone knows I hate wordy drawn out blogs so ... karma? Who knows.
There’s a small retaining pond behind the college apartments. I go back there several times a day; it’s a good area that forces me to have a bit of a walk. …
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15th Official Toronto Marijuana March
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The Importance Of Reverse Phone Lookup.
Posted by Valentin Stokes on May 3, 2013 at 13:27 0 Comments 0 Likes
The first three digits of the phone number would also help them locate the owner of the phone number. The thing is that if they had just run a phone number lookup, they could have found each other! Before you get any ideas, let me tell you that these sites are perfectly legal and also offer their services free of cost. This happens to many different people all over the world and many of them don't know how they can identify these pranksters. It's extremely… Continue
We are supposed to be in this together!
Posted by Nette Mom on April 26, 2013 at 20:55 0 Comments 0 Likes
I was just endiing a campaign in Michigan against our Governor, and wondered what more was out there, what more can I do to help make my country the place I used to love, when I stumbled across a thing called Livestream, where people with the same purpose (supposedly) or like mindness could come together, chat, discuss, plan, and act and I was to say the least, excited. I started chatting and made so many friends and it was then I realized, that I had been wrapped up in my own small…
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