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Thank you to Sue from Musselburgh #community #garden, I was allowed to collect a wee few #Skirret #seed to see if we can get some to pop. Will be keen to get this veg out and about.
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This is how we can build and strengthen community and ensure access to meaningfful resources for all people.
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Lettuce. Allow the best several plants flowering together for viable seed). By always leaving best to flower means you just ... always have self sown lettuce.
Separate varieties by 10m, share excess with your community
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Wooden teay of dried Hughey Crimson broadbeans in their pods for whoever wants to grow them next year. I have kept a few 5-bean pods back as master seedline, but there's is a huge amount here, and they need to be spread around the community and grown out again, so they remain in circulation for all people.
Coles Dwarf Broadbean (left), that is also in need of being shared around the community to ensure access to all people, and to keep the seeds in circulation.
Lucifer Broadbean which will be grown out again before being made available. But looks how gorgeous it is.
Hughey Crimson broadbeans, left, and Coles Dwarf Broadbean.
Some 2025 Beanscene photos (Broadbeans). Ample Coles Dwarf Broadbean and Hughey Crimson Broadbean #seeds to #share around #Ōtepoti #community, #savesharegrow #gardening #food #security
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🍅 Nicky: "I've grown a few tomatoes this year - a variety of heirlooms and reliable staples. I did buy 2 as seedlings, but most were generously given to me by far better gardeners than myself. My tomatoes are scattered around the place, fitting in where there's room - one is in a car tyre, a couple are squished in with the strawberries and a couple more live in a half-destroyed plastic greenhouse than I managed to rip before I even got it up. None of them have the perfect environment, but actually, they don't need it. They're all totally fine. Some grow faster than others, some produce more fruit than others, but like us humans, sometimes output is important but other times survival is the goal. I water my tomatoes when I can be bothered and when I remember. Like the humans inside the house, plants in my garden don't live in the lap of luxury and they don't need to, either. If you have the inclination, I'd recommend trying tomato growing - it doesn't have to be fussy or costly - and if you decide part way through that it's not for you, just rip them out and try something else.".
Nik and Nicky have kindly shared updates from their tomato-growing adventures so far over this growing season, in the hopes of inspiring others to have a go, or share photos, media, or stories from their own tomato growing, the more the merrier! 🍅 Nik: "I started off 44 varieties this year from seed, and gave quite a few plants away. A lot of what I grew was saved from last years tomatoes. I've kept 40 varieties for myself, with the main goal of adding some more varieties to the seed library. I've grown my favorites from last year again, but there are 29 new varieties all up. I've got all sorts of colours from orange, to black to purple plus stripey and speckled ones , and all shapes and sizes. The most random one I've got growing... just because I can is "Green Sausage ".".
I'm Emma-Kate and I have a wee seed library in Ōtepoti, Aotearoa. I have lived experience of disability, immune dysfunction, and other illnesses; I worked as an occupational therapist, enjoy natural sciences, and community networking. I am passionate about the activity of seedsaving and believe all communities and neighborhoods have the capability to build up seedsaving networks. Seeds need to be grown out and shared around the community, around all communities, to ensure seed is as accessible as possible to everyone wanting to grow. There's so much pressure, especially on poorer, minority communities, and seed is a resource that can be used to help ensure access to fresh produce. As we keep growing out, saving and sharing seed, we are successfully engaging in and achieving the following: Building community, resilience, networks which enable safer neighborhoods; Adapting plants/plant genomes to local climate as it changes; Learning how to garden, sow seed, save seed; Offsetting *some food costs (*depending on privilege in areas of health, fitness, accessibility, time, money, skill, space, and so on); Prioritising our mental health and wellness, acknowledging mental health; Learning about natural processes and the science that explains these processes and systems; Recognition of how our deep ancestors were seedsavers, passing on knowledge and seed; Because collecting stuff is fun; Because it's art, science, meaning, purpose, in the past, in the future, and it's important to us as humans now; It allows us a deeper recognition of ourselves, and how we operate in our immediate environment, how we engage with nature. It sows hope in the face of despair.
Tomato #seed #collection #Ōtepoti #Aotearoa #savesharegrow
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I'm Emma-Kate and I have a wee seed library in Ōtepoti, Aotearoa. I have lived experience of disability, immune dysfunction, and other illnesses; I worked as an occupational therapist, enjoy natural sciences, and community networking. I am passionate about the activity of seedsaving and believe all communities and neighborhoods have the capability to build up seedsaving networks. Seeds need to be grown out and shared around the community, around all communities, to ensure seed is as accessible as possible to everyone wanting to grow. There's so much pressure, especially on poorer, minority communities, and seed is a resource that can be used to help ensure access to fresh produce. As we keep growing out, saving and sharing seed, we are successfully engaging in and achieving the following: Building community, resilience, networks which enable safer neighborhoods; Adapting plants/plant genomes to local climate as it changes; Learning how to garden, sow seed, save seed; Offsetting *some food costs (*depending on privilege in areas of health, fitness, accessibility, time, money, skill, space, and so on); Prioritising our mental health and wellness, acknowledging mental health; Learning about natural processes and the science that explains these processes and systems; Recognition of how our deep ancestors were seedsavers, passing on knowledge and seed; Because collecting stuff is fun; Because it's art, science, meaning, purpose, in the past, in the future, and it's important to us as humans now; It allows us a deeper recognition of ourselves, and how we operate in our immediate environment, how we engage with nature. It sows hope in the face of despair.
#seed libraries don't have a uniform presentation, sometimes they are #kete, dishes, trays or papaerbags like this one in Pioneer hall, #portchalmers #dunedin #Otepoti #Aotearoa #newzealand 🇳🇿🌱 #garden #seedsaving #seedlibraries #savesharegrow #community #education 🌏♻️💚
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#seedsaving is numeracy. #education #maths #science
One of our oldest human activities.
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#seedsaving is 👀 the full life cycle of a #plant, of the #garden as a whole.
Be curious about #soil #pollination #reproduction #seasons #climate 🌏
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Adapting #seeds and 🌱 through changing climates is essential for all communities
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#neurodevelooment requires #sensory input, which the activity of #seedsaving is very rich in.
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Picture of bean seed drawer spring 2024 I'm Emma-Kate and I have a wee seed library in Ōtepoti, Aotearoa. I have lived experience of disability, immune dysfunction, and other illnesses; I worked as an occupational therapist, enjoy natural sciences, and community networking. I am passionate about the activity of seedsaving and believe all communities and neighborhoods have the capability to build up seedsaving networks. Seeds need to be grown out and shared around the community, around all communities, to ensure seed is as accessible as possible to everyone wanting to grow. There's so much pressure, especially on poorer, minority communities, and seed is a resource that can be used to help ensure access to fresh produce. As we keep growing out, saving and sharing seed, we are successfully engaging in and achieving the following: Building community, resilience, networks which enable safer neighborhoods; Adapting plants/plant genomes to local climate as it changes; Learning how to garden, sow seed, save seed; Offsetting *some food costs (*depending on privilege in areas of health, fitness, accessibility, time, money, skill, space, and so on); Prioritising our mental health and wellness, acknowledging mental health; Learning about natural processes and the science that explains these processes and systems; Recognition of how our deep ancestors were seedsavers, passing on knowledge and seed; Because collecting stuff is fun; Because it's art, science, meaning, purpose, in the past, in the future, and it's important to us as humans now; It allows us a deeper recognition of ourselves, and how we operate in our immediate environment, how we engage with nature. It sows hope in the face of despair.
My passion is all #communities have #access to something like this, a #seedsaving #seedlibrary. These beans are available to anyone in #Ōtepoti #Aotearoa 🇳🇿🌱 to grow out, agreeing to leave some pods to dry on the #plant and share back to the #whanautanga #savesharegrow
Anyone can save and share seeds
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Sunday #seedlibrary shout out to #Wellington setti g up seed libraries 🌱🇳🇿
Theres an international movement of #seedsaving and #sharing
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Please support these, share #seeds, build community, celebrate what is means to be human
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My #seedsaving #garden 'helpers' #manupango #blackbirds in #Aotearoa #Ōtepoti
Protect #flowers as they set #seed now because we also have finches and sparrows who are after seeds at every chance.
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#pollination of Icelandic poppies for future seed for #seedsaving and sharing around #seedlibraies
There are at least 10 of these plants around the #garden, to ensure genetic diversity which means nice healthy seed for the next generation of #plants.
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Picture of seedhead on green background I'm Emma-Kate and I have a wee seed library in Ōtepoti, Aotearoa. I have lived experience of disability, immune dysfunction, and other illnesses; I worked as an occupational therapist, enjoy natural sciences, and community networking. I am passionate about the activity of seedsaving and believe all communities and neighborhoods have the capability to build up seedsaving networks. Seeds need to be grown out and shared around the community, around all communities, to ensure seed is as accessible as possible to everyone wanting to grow. There's so much pressure, especially on poorer, minority communities, and seed is a resource that can be used to help ensure access to fresh produce. As we keep growing out, saving and sharing seed, we are successfully engaging in and achieving the following: Building community, resilience, networks which enable safer neighborhoods; Adapting plants/plant genomes to local climate as it changes; Learning how to garden, sow seed, save seed; Offsetting *some food costs (*depending on privilege in areas of health, fitness, accessibility, time, money, skill, space, and so on); Prioritising our mental health and wellness, acknowledging mental health; Learning about natural processes and the science that explains these processes and systems; Recognition of how our deep ancestors were seedsavers, passing on knowledge and seed; Because collecting stuff is fun; Because it's art, science, meaning, purpose, in the past, in the future, and it's important to us as humans now; It allows us a deeper recognition of ourselves, and how we operate in our immediate environment, how we engage with nature. It sows hope in the face of despair.
Early summer in #otepoti #Aotearoa
Seed harvested: Centaurea montana
Seed is mature and ready to harvest when sepals are reflexed back and seed is exposed.
Remember to share surplus seeds with #whanau #whanautanga #community
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How to save radish seed: Radishes produce white/pink open flowers. Plants cross readily with other members of the same genus. Try to isolate by 2 km where possible. Let at least 5 to 10 of the best plants of one radish variety flower together at the same time. Mark plants you will save seed from (biggest, healthiest, slowest to go to flower, best traits). After flowering, remove unwanted plants When the seeds are mature, the seedpod, dries and loses colour. This is when to collect and place in a paper bag. Seedpods are quite tough, and need to be threshed either by hand, or by putting between tarps and stomping or driving over them. Please save share seed around all of your local seed libraries. www.facebook.com/stkildastall
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For more detail, seedsavers.org/grow-radish/
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#beanscene 2024 bean germination #spring
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Save seed and share around our local seed libraries to ensure quality seed is accessible to all people.
Leave some bean pods to dies off on the vine, boom, next seasons seed
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Pulsatilla #seedhead in a #seedsaving #garden in #Ōtepoti, #Aotearoa in early #summer
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