Posts Tagged ‘seeds’

Alan Kapuler: Man of Science, Ideas, and Humanity part 4 (video)

Alan Kapuler: Man of Science, Ideas, and Humanity part 4 (video)

Alan Kapuler, and his love of the garden, and what it truly represents to him.

Alan Kapuler: Open Pollinated Public Domain Plant Breeder (video)

Alan Kapuler: Open Pollinated Public Domain Plant Breeder (video)

This is the third of an ongoing series with Dr. Alan Kapuler, founder of Peace Seeds, and former co-founder and research director for Seeds of Change. He currently resides in Corvallis, Oregon where he continues his research projects, and maintains his remarkable organic seed catalog. Editorial We live in a hyper-competitive era where often the [...]

Alan Kapuler: Man of Science, Ideas, and Humanity part 2 (video)

Alan Kapuler: Man of Science, Ideas, and Humanity part 2 (video)

Alan Kapuler is well-educated in a formal academic sense, and also from a lifetime of work planting, breeding, and cataloging his vast collection of open pollinated seeds.

National Seed Swap Day

National Seed Swap Day

January 28, 2011 The last Saturday in January is National Seed Swap Day, which for 2011 is tomorrow, January 29th. Several communities hold their own seed swap on this day. It’s an opportunity to meet up with other seed enthusiasts and swap seeds. “The first annual Washington Gardener Seed Exchange was held on January 26, [...]

Seed Resources for Garden Planning

Seed Resources for Garden Planning

January 25, 2011 You ever notice the fervor in the air this time of year when it comes to seeds? Seed catalogs in hand, calendar at the ready, and garden plans ready to be filled out with the potential new harvest. It’s an exciting time of the year for any food grower, and watching recent [...]

Harvesting and Saving Seeds from the Garden, part 2 (video)

Harvesting and Saving Seeds from the Garden, part 2 (video)

After harvesting the seeds, how do you save them for the next year?

Harvesting and Saving Seeds from the Garden, part 1 (video)

Harvesting and Saving Seeds from the Garden, part 1 (video)

An avid gardener and backyard farmer, seed harvesting and seed saving is important to Donna Smith.

Storing and Planting Heirloom Corn (video)

Storing and Planting Heirloom Corn (video)

Urban Organic Farmer, Anthony Boutard, Expert on Corn, Shares His Farming Knowledge What’s most remarkable about hanging out with Anthony Boutard besides his passion for food, it’s his incredible breadth of knowledge about organic farming. He does everything by hand, and he constantly is learning from his observations and field experiments. As Boutard is readying [...]