Elon Musk Goes After Bunkers Full of Seeds
"This should unnerve every American who eats. Our food system is only as safe as our ability to respond to the next plant disease or other emergent threat"
unpaywalled link to NYT Opinion
https://archive.ph/X14Tw#selection-721.8-721.48
#BurlingtonVT #PublicLibrary restarts #PlantExchange program
by EMMA FLETCHER-FRAZER, Mar 13, 2025
BURLINGTON — "The Burlington Public Library brought back this week its popular plant exchange program.
The Plant/#SeedSwap program uses a shelf within the library that holds a variety of #seeds, starts and #propagations."
Source:
https://www.goskagit.com/news/local_news/burlington-public-library-restarts-plant-exchange-program/article_33dedc12-ff9a-11ef-a11a-9b4ec2643a9f.html
#LibrariesRule #SeedLibrary #PlantSwap #Vermont #SolarPunkSunday
Who are the most important world changers? Those who shout 'make XY great again' and walk over dead bodies in their greed? Or the more quiet ones who get together, let tiny seeds slip through their fingers, swap old varieties, and revitalise this important knowledge? https://steadyhq.com/en/naturematchcuts/posts/025f4904-2364-4711-8907-f7e55841993f
I want to support seed companies but I've already spent my seed budget for the year, so in lieu of buying more seeds I'm going to toot about them.
My favorite seed source isn't a seed company at all, it's an "open access seed bank" so they carry an incredibly eclectic range of species, all in aid of grassroots (no pun intended) propagation and preservation.
I speak of course of J. L. Hudson: https://www.jlhudsonseeds.net/
Small Is The New Great! How to fight against the sludge of 2025 - and how the tiniest things can change the world. I would be happy if you can find some hope in my new blogpost: 
https://steadyhq.com/en/naturematchcuts/posts/025f4904-2364-4711-8907-f7e55841993f
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There’s more to #Ottawa than manicured lawns and pretty petals.
Thanks to multiple grassroots efforts, Ottawa’s bountiful greenery is getting more sustainable as #rewilding efforts are on the rise. Here are four projects that deserve attention and support.
#urbanrewilding #cities #seeds
https://www.rewildingmag.com/4-ways-ottawa-is-rewilding-and-your-city-can-too/
My real weakness when it comes to hoarding seeds is peas, especially shelling varieties that can grow up a tall trellis. My neighbors at the community garden think I'm crazy to devote so much space to them, but they are the crazy ones for not doing the same. #seeds #allotment #peas #pisum #gardening #VegetableGardening
I cleaned up my seed bank last week. Most of the packets sit unused because I simply don't have space for all the plants. But I keep buying them, as one does. #seeds #plants #garden #gardening #allotment #VegetableGardening
Chilli pepper seedling from a friend's plant, which still had fruit in February, 26 days after sowing and probably a day before I was about to give up all hope.
Don't give up on seeds that have been stored for years
Turnip seedlings from seed packed for 2014!
I planted these a few days ago
the weather is in their favor to make it to harvest
@BobLefridge@mastodon.nzThere are still good things happening in the world. Today, Svalbard seed vault is receiving more than 14,000 new samples from around the world.
Hmm, interesting story about a variety of hot pepper revived, thanks to someone's grandfather, seeds in the bottom of a freezer, and treating arthritis with beestings. Also connected with slavery and Haiti.
BBC: The US pepper that was nearly lost
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240216-the-us-pepper-that-was-nearly-lost #gardening #ethnobotany #seeds #food
Prepping for this season by making seed tape 
While somewhat finicky, it ensures good plant spacing and cuts down on the low to the ground work that can strain your back.
The seeds are attached to the paper with a homemade starch glue (1:1 flour and water)
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#seedtape #seeds #homesteading #gardening
I wonder how long English spinach seeds are viable?
This is too many seeds for my tiny yard, isn't it? 
Bear in mind I am already growing many chilli plants, a clematis, peas, several fuchsias, giant onions (two varieties), garlic, a magnolia, potatoes, 2 lavendas, a small rose, a dahlia, and various herbs.
I do also have use of the sunny south-facing wall of the alley. @gardening #gardening #seeds
It’s a good time to once again promote the Seed Library Map.
https://www.seedlibrarynetwork.org/explore-the-map.html
On the same site, you can also find information on starting your own seed library, organizing a seed swap, etc.
First it was *The Daily Peach* 
Then it became *The Weekly Peach*
Next week will be a month old.
#Seed to #Tree , the #Peach is one of my fastest in this winter growing season. The same group of #Seeds has much smaller trees catching up.
When the ground thaws in Spring, it will have a full year growing time.
(Also, Apple, Cherry and Willow trees) #GrowYourOwn #Trees #Hobby #Gardening
Grow with me?
Johnny's has 10% off seed starting supplies
They are employee owned & have reliable products
#gardening #GrowYourOwn #seeds
https://www.johnnyseeds.com/tools-supplies/seed-starting-supplies/
Phacelia returns 
I'm between rain showers, I snapped a quick pic.
These are the Phacelia from my own harvest last season. They were a test germination. Not the best angle. The important point is seeing them on first real day of furling. They will be bigger when it's time.
@OrbitalGardens@spacey.spaceI've taken the paywall off this archived edition of the Mission Report, because it talks about a fascinating payload of Native American seeds that flew on the last ever space shuttle mission in 2011.
(I'm working on a blog post about the Choctaw seeds that flew to the ISS in 2023.)
#astrobotany #SpacePlants #NativeAmerican #seeds
https://emmadoughty.substack.com/p/sunday-supplement-native-american
