Category: seeds
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R.I.P. Summer 2026
Okay, so there’s pretty much no denying it now… the once-vibrant green leaves are beginning to brown and crisp at the edges, some tumble and blow in wet gusts, eddying and clustering in pockets around the garden. Our crops, once unstoppably stretching for the sky, with wide leaves basking in hot sun and tendrils grasping,…
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Scottish SeedFest 2026
We’re rosy cheeked and cheerful after spending a sunny day at Lauriston farm this weekend, celebrating seeds and their stories with a bunch of cool cats from all over Scotland. The Scottish SeedFest 2026 was an eclectic event organised by the Gaia Foundation, and ran as part of a two day event (the other day…
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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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Borrowing and lending seed
We tested our seed library borrowing and lending systems at our first seed swap in Rosyth…
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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…