Clairvoyant-Countess
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This is the initial article regarding seed/vaccine.
https://gregalder.com/yardposts/uc-riverside-seeks-to-deliver-mrna-vaccines-through-lettuce/
This is a good video from Gardening in Canada and she talks about the necessity to continually grow seeds to keep them viable. I have a ton of seeds (non-GMO, OP) but I can’t continually grow all of them but in a closed group we could grow and share. The focus at first wouldn’t be to grow for food but rather grow for increased seed production.
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The box can still work. We can just have a route organized so we’ll know where it is (location and person).
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I’m game to participate. Pinball Preparedness started a roving seed box and I believe (if memory is correct) that one (maybe two boxes) simply disappeared. Hopefully everyone will honor the spirit of the project.
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I contacted Freesteading about setting up a seed swap community but didn’t get a response.
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I’m looking into different ideas and how to structure the swap.
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Hey Bonnie,
You’re focusing on growing two types of plants and I’m wondering how many ounces/pounds/quantity of seeds are you supposed to produce?
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I like the preparedness of saving seeds but also like gardeners helping out gardeners. It’s kind of like a barn raising community but with seeds.
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Gardening in Canada (I linked the video in the feed) mentioned that seed banks don’t just store seeds, the continually grown and store seeds. I’m still digging into the subject as my plan had been to mostly store seeds for long term. I have been seed saving from “easy plants” tomatoes, peppers, squash, lettuce etc but I haven’t attempted plants that require two growing seasons (we have really hot summers and don’t relish idea of babying broccoli plants through the summer but I’ll try).
https://extension.umn.edu/planting-and-growing-guides/saving-vegetable-seeds
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I love the idea of gardeners helping each other and a lot of us purchase seeds but with a little know how, we won’t need to.
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I have one book by Steve Solomon but not the one you mentioned. I’ll check out your recommendation.
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Clairvoyant-Countess
MemberDecember 9, 2022 at 3:31 pm in reply to: Getting things you don’t need right now because you will later!Great information!
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Come hell or high water I will prevail. If you want to give mustard seed a try I can send you four or five ounces (the seeds are tiny and I bought a ridiculous amount…I live in the suburbs not a farm). A couple of handful produce a ton of plants.