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Seed packet bundles available for curbside pickup
Posted in News on February 24, 2021 at 6:00 am
BY GWENDOLYN HALEY The days are getting longer, and spring is on our minds. We want to help you get started with your gardening by sharing seed packet bundles. We’ve prepackaged all the seeds from our seed libraries along with helpful gardening tips and some fun gardening activities for all ages. Each bundle contains an […]
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Take and Give: Seed Library
Posted in Explore and Discover, News on January 22, 2020 at 6:00 am
Updated: September 2021 Accepting seed donations Our seed libraries are accepting heirloom vegetable seed donations. To learn how to save seeds from your garden, view our how-to videos found on our Urban Farming playlist on YouTube. Bring your green thumb (and your saved seeds) to any of our five seed library locations! Spokane County Library […]
Tags: classes, events, flowers, food, fruit, gardener, gardening, growing, herbs, seed lending, seed libraries, seed library, urban farming, vegetables
Saving seeds from the garden: Lovage, snap peas, and coriander
Posted in Explore and Discover on July 3, 2019 at 6:00 am
By Abra Cole Ah, summer. Here you are again, bringing all that sunshine and heat and gardening goodness with you. For most of us gardeners, our seasonal plants have not only been selected by now, but they’re planted and fairly well established in our gardens. Many perennials are blooming, or nearly so. The time has […]
Tags: adults, cilantro, coriander, do-it-yourself, gardening, gardens, herbs, how-to, kids, lovage, parsely, planting, plants, saving seeds, seed, seed library, seeds, snap peas, teens, vegetables
The art of saving seeds
Posted in Explore and Discover on July 31, 2018 at 6:00 am
by Abra Cole In a remote vault located halfway between mainland Norway and the North Pole, nearly one million seed varieties are stored. The purpose of this immense storage facility is to ensure the genetic future of these seed varieties, should any of the gene banks located around the world suffer catastrophic disaster. One hundred […]
Tags: adults, books, DIY, family, food, garden, gardening, health, hobbies, kale, kale seeds, library hacks, onion seeds, onions, parents, saving seeds, seed library, seed saving, seeds, sunflower seeds, sunflowers, teens, tweens, urban farming
Building and planting next year’s garden
Posted in Explore and Discover on September 13, 2016 at 6:00 am
By David Wyatt Earlier this summer when it was still scorching, I fenced off a portion of our yard to keep our new raised-bed garden out of reach of our two mutts. The dogs were not pleased to have lost some of their lawn. Too exhausted from the heat to do any more, I took […]
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