Fife Seed Library

Category: seeds

  • Relaying heritage seeds through Fife

    Relaying heritage seeds through Fife

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    Amy Guy
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    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…

  • Borrowing and lending seed

    Borrowing and lending seed

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    Amy Guy
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    We tested our seed library borrowing and lending systems at our first seed swap in Rosyth…

  • Scottish okra

    Scottish okra

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    Amy Guy
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    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…