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Relaying heritage seeds through Fife
Garden Organic, who operate the Heritage Seed Library down in England, have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of the seed library and highlighting the importance of seed saving by relaying a package of seeds around the UK. “Seed is a precious natural resource, and open pollinated seed continually adapts to the conditions in which it…
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How COOL are Nettles?!
Hello everyone! I finally found time to write up a wee blog post about our recent workshop “HOW COOL ARE NETTLES” for those of you who enjoyed it, and those unfortunates who missed it! Unlucky- it was awesome. (There’s a TL;DR at the bottom of the blog for those who just want the straight facts.)…
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The Seed Library is hiring!
We have funding to hire a sessional worker to lead our community soil building project. This is a part-time, freelance post for one year, and an exciting opportunity if you’re as obsessed with compost as we are. You can read about the role and apply here. We’re a flexible team of volunteers at the moment,…
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Borrowing and lending seed
We tested our seed library borrowing and lending systems at our first seed swap in Rosyth…
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Seeds of Hope
We had a fantastic time at our launch event in Kirkcaldy! It was so exciting to see 30 attendees from all over Fife who are excited about seed saving, and the day-to-day, practical revolutions it enables. We were honoured to share three short films produced by the Gaia Foundation, whose stalwart efforts to protect and…
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Germinating a Seed Library for Fife
Well, it’s finally here! Our launch party is tonight and we’re excited to share what we’ve been working on with all of you. It has honestly been a joyful, thoughtful process full of enlightening moments. We want to make positive choices about each element of the Seed Library from the outset, so Amy spent a…
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Scottish okra
In the spring, Kit and I attended an event held by the Glasgow Seed Library. We learnt about seed sovereignty and landrace seed projects, and took home about 20 okra seeds to take part in “an experiment with a high chance of failure”. Glasgow Seed Library have distributed seeds widely with the aim of cultivating…
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Worms under my kitchen sink
Inspired by Worms Appreciation Day at Rhyze on Lauriston Farm earlier in the year, I’ve begun my own vermicomposting journey. The worm bins at Rhyze are big. They have a deep layer of bedding, and the worm castings (poop) are harvested from underneath. They primarily feed their worms on spent mushroom growing substrate (which is…
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Composting tour
Decomposition is a natural, complex, and extremely important process on this planet, and it occurs quite happily and effectively without any of us intervening, or even being aware that it’s happening most of the time. When we compost at home, we aim to harness that raw ecosystem power and turn it to our advantage… we…