A waterproof surface large enough to fit your cartonsġ) Use your big spoon to mix together equal parts coffee grounds and potting soil in your bowl or bucket. Why coffee grounds? Because seeds can't start the morning without it coffee grounds add essential nutrients-nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus-to the soil. It's easier than you might imagine to bring some of this magic to your own home and table, just grow 'em! Not sure where to start? Here's a simple guide to starting your own plants from seeds: Planting your own garden with these sustainable heirloom seeds may ensure that our families inherit the bounty of our forethought along with our cherished recipes. Passed from generation to generation these seeds, their stories, and their often beautifully poetic names represent a powerful tradition-from the pioneer history and beautiful perseverance of American farmers served up in a home-grown Sunday feast to the irreplaceable genetic diversity that will protect our food systems for our children and their children to come. Word spread like Amish Snap Pea Vines, and before long, more and more concerned gardeners began saving and swapping their own rare, heirloom varieties and donating seeds to the collection. After all, what is a seed if not a small miracle? Each tiny kernel holds within it the concurrent wonders of nourishment and nature, of hope and home, of green and light and all that is possible with a little love in the right conditions.īased in the Driftless Region surrounding Decorah, Iowa, Seed Savers Exchange was started in 1978 by Diane Ott Whealy and Kent Whealy with heirloom seeds for treasured tomatoes and flowers lovingly brought to Iowa by Diane's Bavarian great-grandparents in the 1870's. The winter seed catalog ritual is one that lends itself to the miraculous. Heck, even those of us without thumbs love to get their paws in the dirt, so should come as no surprise that we spend every winter dreaming and scheming of potential bounties and blooms, fire in the fireplace, Seed Saver's Exchange catalog in our laps, sketching up what-might-be in our yards and byways. Our Foundry Family is full of garden lovers. Starting Seeds At Home With Seed Savers Exchange
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