Seeds of Diversity announces the new fifth edition of their
popular seed saving handbook:
This 48 page handbook is greatly expanded from the previous edition, and has been restructured to make plant family relationships more clear. It demystifies the techniques of saving seeds from common garden vegetables, giving simple detailed instructions for each type.
Written by gardeners, for gardeners, this is a manual for home seed savers
as well as small-scale commercial growers.
Whether you are learning to save rare heirloom varieties,
discovering how to save money by growing your own seeds,
or simply interested in learning more about the finer aspects of seeds and gardening, this is an excellent beginner's manual.
Sections for the advanced seed saver give details on seed production of biennial crops (beets, carrots, celery, leeks, etc), hand pollination of corn, squash, cucumber and melons,
and many more helpful hints.
Over 60 photographs illustrate the techniques used by Seeds of Diversity members, in their own gardens.
As well, a new index lists the isolation requirements and seed viability of more than 80 species of garden plants.
Contents:
~General principles of seed-saving
~Self-pollinating vegetables (beans, eggplant, lettuce, okra, peas, peppers, tomatoes)
~Cross-pollinating vegetables (broccoli, chinese cabbage, corn, cucumbers, gourds, melons, mustard, radishes, spinach, squash & pumpkins, sunflowers, watermelon)
~Biennial root crops (beets, carrots, celeriac, leeks, onions, parsnips, winter radishes, rutabagas & turnips, salsify)
~Biennial members of the cabbage family (brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, kale & collards, kohlrabi)
~Other biennials (celery, endive, parsley, swiss chard)
~Vegetative reproduction (potatoes, jerusalem artichokes, strawberries, etc).
For the preservation work of Seeds of Diversity to be successful,
our members must know and follow proper seed saving techniques,
including how to keep varieties from crossing with each other.
If you are planning to save your own seeds and possibly offer them in our Seed Exchange,
we encourage you to order this handbook and learn these valuable and simple techniques.
This handbook is also a popular winter and late-summer item for garden stores and catalogue retailers. Contact our office for information on our reasonable wholesale rates for this book in either English or French editions.
Funding for this handbook was provided in part by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada through the Agricultural Adaptation Council's CanAdapt program. Funding for the translation of this handbook was provided in part by Heritage Canada.
Consider purchasing this book along with another new title now available entitled:
Both are resourceful and chock full of information no gardener should be without!
For more information please contact:
Judy Newman
Office Manager/Chef du Bureau ~
Seeds of Diversity/Semences du patrimoine
1-866-509-7333 (voice mail)
(Replies to email within 3 days)
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The previous information was kindly provided to me from the folks at
Seeds Of Diversity.
I am posting this information about a couple of books that you can purchase
from Seeds of Diversity.
They are a Canadian charitable organization dedicated to the conservation, documentation and use of public-domain non-hybrid plants of Canadian significance.
This organization is more important than ever because up to 70% of our food varieties have already disappeared from this planet.
Please visit their
website and consider becoming a member! I am!
Remember, it's our food and it's our right to save seeds for future generations....
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Seeds of Diversity is a living gene bank.
Formerly known as the Heritage Seed Program, a project of the Canadian Organic Growers since 1984, Seeds of Diversity Canada is now an independent charitable corporation operated by a volunteer board of directors.
Their work is funded mainly by membership fees and private donations.
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