Seeds
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How Long Can Seeds Be Stored and How Should You Store Them?
If you are getting seeds in from your garden or if you’ve bought some from a local garden centre, you…
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Growing Trees From Seed
As a permaculture designer, I think, I should be growing my trees from seeds I collect. There is a lot…
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Planting Seeds in Crisis
As governments of more and more countries introduce various kinds of lockdowns (1) during the ongoing virus “pandemic” (1), we…
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Seedballs – Part 2
Following on from my ‘Seedballs part 1’ article, we can explore a little how we can use seedballs within education.…
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Seedballs – Part 1
Seeds are a very simple and integral part of our food web and ecosystem; as the beginning (or maybe end?)…
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Growing Grains at the Home-Scale Farm
I dream of growing grains, of being so far down the line in establishing a kitchen garden, a vegetable garden,…
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Horseradish: Why I Should Try It Again
Earlier this year, in the spring, I was able to acquire a handful of horseradish roots to plant in a…
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How to Start an Urban Farm
Like any new venture, starting an urban farm is a daunting and difficult task. Not only do you have to…
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The Health Benefits of the Chia Seed
What are Chia Seeds? When most people think of the Aztec and Mayan cultures of Central America, we automatically think…
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Quick and Simple Tips for Germinating Seeds Yourself
Growing crops, or any plant really, often begins with germinating seeds. Occasionally, we get a head start with plants that…
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Seed Banking and its Benefits
With climate change on the increase, many crops are in danger of going extinct, and this will undoubtedly cause a…
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The Seed Campaign
Over the last 30 years, Kay Baxter and her husband Bob Corker have collected one of New Zealand’s most comprehensive…
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