Feb 8, 2009
POSTED BY Administrator
Nance Klehm sent this over this morning…
Swap seeds and enjoy a bowl of organic vegan posole! (BYOB)
THE SEED ARCHIVE
2446 south sawyer avenue (little village, chicago)
sunday, feb 15th 3-7pm3-5pm SWAP n’ STORE
please bring seeds that are healthy, viable, open-pollinated, and true to variety. if you have no seeds come anyway and learn about sowing, growing and saving seeds!6-7pm WORKSHOP
we will cover seed starting techniques, timing of sowing, issues of cross-pollination, seed collection and storage of seeds.
________________________________________SEEDS ARE ALIVE
a seed’s potential is only released through the cycle of sowing and saving. to keep future generations of heirloom and wild seed in the hands of the public we need to plant them and pass them on.The SEED ARCHIVE is housed in chicago. it is a public archive of healthy seeds collected from many places and people. seed is loaned for free to those who are committed to growing them, enjoying them and returning some of the next generation of seed back to store at the seed archive.


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