There are many opportunities for market gardeners to save seed on their farm. If you have a winter greenhouse full of Kale. You are only a few steps away from a pile of Kale seed! Here is what overwintering Kale for seed looks like … January – Come see our greenhouse shhh …. Kale is … More Overwintering Kale Plants In A Greenhouse For Seed
One month from today we will be in the middle of Seed Connections 2014. If you work with seed or want to know anything about seeds, you should not miss this event. If you participated in the 2012 edition, you know what I’m talking about. If you missed the last Seed Connections, well you can … More Seed Connetions 2014 Conference!
The Concordia Seed Project (https://concordiaseedproject.weebly.com/) invites you to join us on Wednesday, August 13 from 2-4pm for an afternoon with seed saving expert Daniel Brisebois at the Tourne-Sol Co-operative farm. This farm tour will focus on large-scale organic seed production. Hands on seed saving demonstrations will be part of the afternoon activities. This tour is … More Seed Saving Farm Tour At Tourne-Sol Farm
ECOSGN is currently planning the 2014 Seed Connections Conference. We would love your input! What do you want to learn? Is there a speaker you’d love to see? You can tell us by filling out one of these forms: ECOSGN-Call for-Proposals-SESSIONS-03-3.2014 ECOSGN Formulaire Appel de Propositions
After getting back from the OSA conference I participated in a two-day Train The Seed Trainer session organized by USC Canada in Guelph, Ontario. USC Canada works to promote vibrant family farms, strong rural communities, and healthy ecosystems around the world. A large part of this work is around seed security and diversity. Historically USC … More Training Seed Trainers
This wraps up my second year writing about farming and seeds. Let’s go back and see what happened these last twelve months with The main topics from 2011 The most popular posts of 2011 The most clicked pictures of 2011 My favorite 2011 posts And some plans for 2012 2011 post topics This year I … More A Second Year Going to Seed
On my last post, Xander commented on the bucket I was using to winnow radish seed. The bucket in question in one of the 2011 additions to my seed cleaning arsenal. Here a few shots of this bucket in action: Restricting seed and chaff flow rate I use this modified bucket to restrict the amount … More Special Seed Winnowing Bucket
In my early seed-saving days, I’d thresh and I’d winnow but I just couldn’t get my seeds as clean as when those that came from a seed packet. Over the next dozen years, meeting experienced seed growers, reading piles of seed production books, and attending whatever seed workshops I could find; I gleaned many pearls … More 10 Steps For Getting Seed As Clean As Possible
As I was getting a post together on some turnips Emily grew this summer, I started looking at photos from a 2009 turnip seed crop. So today, we’ll look at how to save seed turnip seed and Clear up all that confusion about turnips and rutabagas Explain how turnips need to be overwintered And show … More Saving Turnip Seed