Books and links for seed savers May 5, 2017 Books Seed to Seed – Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners – Suzanne Ashworth Saving Seeds As if Our Lives Depended On It –…
Selecting and getting those seeds started. January 7, 2017 From presentation by Arzeena Hamir. Seed Catalogs - what to look for - The seed catalog companies do not grow their own seeds. They have their…
New mail order seed catalogue March 13, 2015 http://www.themarketgarden.ca/ The Market Garden is near Victoria and sells organic seeds. Always pleasant to browse new seed catalogue.
Storing seeds September 30, 2014 At the September 2014 Seed Savers meeting, Ellen Rainwalker gave a presentation on cleaning, drying and storing seeds To see the powerpoint of this talk…
Seed Saving 101 November 20, 2013 CLICK HERE FOR A PDF VERSION OF THIS PAGE Amaranth Method of Pollination - Amaranth is self fertile, but is occasionally wind pollinated. Time to…
New website for the Bauta Family Initiative On Canadian Seed Security September 1, 2013 Here is the new website for the Bauta Family Initiative On Canadian Seed Security - http://www.seedsecurity.ca/en/. This program is delivered by USC Canada (http://www.usc-canada.org/),…
How to Build Healthy Soil – A presentation by Connie Kuramoto July 19, 2013 Below is a link to the presentation given by Connie Kuramoto at the Seed Savers meeting, June 6, 2013. One highlight was the down-to-earth…
SQUASH FAMILY CROSSES, By Nick Guthrie March 10, 2013 Members of the Squash (or Cucurbitacaea) family are many and varied – in size, shape, colour, & storability. Most of those grown in this…
SOME VEGGIE SEED SAVING, by Nick Guthrie March 10, 2013 All the plants we want to save for seeds: must be non-hybrid – often designated as open pollinated, - and non GMO. must be…
Ellen Rainwalker’s List of Resources for Growing and Saving Your Own Seeds February 10, 2013 Ellen Rainwalker’s List of Resources for Growing and Saving Your Own Seeds * indicates that item is available through the Vancouver Island Regional Library system Books &…
Lettuce Grow! – Upcoming Workshops January 5, 2013 New Workshops for Winter 2013! Learn about food, gardening and farming at North Island College, Campbell River location. There is limited space for each workshop and…
BC Seeds Gathering 2012 Videos January 3, 2013 Click on the pictures below to navigate to the videos on YouTube. BC Seeds Gathering 2012: Harold Steves on alfalfa BC Seeds Gathering 2012 - Don…