Have you been thinking about growing seeds on your farm? I’ve put together a little New Year’s Seed Resolution to get you inspired. (This can be done alone or with your farm team. With family members or with friends. Heck, if you want to record yourself and broadcast your resolution to the world on social … More A New Year’s Seed Resolution
What are good beginner crops for seed saving on your farm? Choose crops that won’t easily cross with each other. This definitely means crops that mostly self pollinate (selfers). But you can also save seed from crops that mostly cross pollinate (crossers) as long as you only have one variety of a species in flower. … More What are good beginner crops for seed saving on your farm?
Basil gone to seed waiting for spring. I watch the 14 day forecast. With above freezing during the day and nights just below. This isn’t a good week for me to get out skiing. So maybe I’ll be excited for spring too. My next free online workshop is on Thursday March 17 at 2pm Eastern … More basil gone to seed waiting for spring
Here’s a little about Tourne-Sol co-operative farm where I farm View Post We’re in Les Cèdres,Québec (that’s in Canada) Tourne-Sol is a play on the French tournesol which means sunflower. The play on words is that it also means turn the soil. ???????????????????? The farm runs as a workers coop (I’m one of the founding … More Tourne-Sol – This is where I farm
Why bother growing your own seeds when there is so much other work to do in the garden? Today I begin a series to answer the question Why Save Seed? First up, will saving seeds save you money? How Much Does Seed Cost? On a small scale market garden, you might spend $500 to $1500 … More Should you save seeds to save money?
Resolutions for those who wish they saved seed. Have you have been thinking “I should be saving my own seeds.”, but you haven’t found the time, or you’re not quite sure how to start? If so, 2019 is the year to start saving seeds! All you need to do is save seed from one vegetable … More
I’m about to head up to the CAPÉ Rendez-vous automnal 2018 for a day on seed production. I’ll be giving a talk on brassica seed production. Below is the core chart of the presentation. Did you know that turnips and rutabaga are not the same vegetable? What! (And thanks to everybody who has been telling me what … More Know your brassica species
This summer, Luke Callahan invited me on to Small Farm Academy and we chatted about seeds. A good chunk of the interview was about how we run our seed rack program. You can listen find more detail about the episode by clicking here! Hope you’re having a great season!
Saturday August 20th from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. is 5th Annual Ste-Anne Garlic Fest. The event takes place at the Ste-Anne’s farmers market situated at the cross section of Ste Anne and St. Pierre Streets (postal code: H9X 1L6) in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue,QC. Local farmers (including la Ferme Coopérative Tourne-Sol, la ferme Carya, la ferme Joly, la … More 2011 Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue Garlic Festival
So far, autumn has scored well on it’s rainy points. It’s been a little too wet to do tons in the field these days. We’ve been spending some of that rainy time processing pepper and eggplant seed. The extraction is similar to saving tomato seeds but without any fermentation. After we harvest the ripe peppers, … More Saving Pepper Seed