Our whole propagation set up is both simple and seasonal - it’s a carport that we put up in the spring and take down in the summer. Noel turned old ladders into the perfect stands for our wood seed trays, which we built out of left over lumber. They’re the best! Sturdy, mobile, reusable, sustainable, easy to stack and clean.

Are you feeling spring vibes too?

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Green and red shoots of recovery #juglansnigra #seedgrowing

Really beautiful piece by Kea Krause on seed-saving, motherhood, and thinking about seeds with hope, not doom. Beautiful photos by Levon Biss. It will inspire my gardening; I saved seeds from an extra delicious melon, more to come. https://orionmagazine.org/article/seedsavers/

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Orion Magazine - What Seed-Saving Can Teach Us About the End of the World

IN THE FALL OF 1941, as the Nazis invaded Russia, choking trade routes into Leningrad and starving the city’s population, a group of botanists decided to

Orion Magazine