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1 Casa Verde: The Svalbard Global Seed Vault Opens
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2 Fall Garden Inspiration: Seed Catalogs (and Sites)
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3 Time Lapse Inspiration
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4 Cool Idea: Swords Into Ploughshares, Planting the Piece
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5 The Card Shop: Notes to Grow On
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6 Cool Idea: Free Tomato Seeds From Campbell's
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7 Importing Seeds
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8 Seed Sorter
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9 Garden Therapy: Just Shake It
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10 Growing Heirloom Veggies From Seeds
Here's a post from Casa Community member Lauren from The Girls' Guide to Gardening: My husband and I bought our first house this last year and while the inside is almost finished, we have now started on the backyard! For the last couple of weeks, we have been working on building raised beds on the sunny side of the house. When we started this project, my friend sent me a link to the site Baker Read more
At his oil demonstration, while squeezing a lemon into a bowl of freshly cut avocado, Fabio Viviani said, "If you're afraid of seeds, I'm sorry." He didn't bother to pick out seeds that had fallen from the lemon into the avocado and pointed out that there's really no harm in consuming the seeds of citrus. Normally I'm nitpicky about getting seeds out of salads and such, but maybe from now on, Read more
If you're planting flowers or plants in your garden from seeds rather than seedlings, I commend you! I'm definitely not one to start from scratch, but sometimes seedlings are simply not available for the blooms I want in my garden. It's also fun to see the full growth process! So here's a tip for you if you're planting seeds: use a standard saltshaker to distribute your small garden Read more
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Here's a post from OnSugar blog Zone Nine: Buying seeds can be addicting... and frustrating — when you see seed catalogs from outside the US and find out you can't order from them. So I was excited to find out about importing seeds from other countries. Annie's Annuals posted Secret Seeds as one of their favorite seed catalogs, and as I was perusing their site, I found their instructions on Read more
I get curious about this every time I cut open a lime: How can these citrus fruits not have seeds? Or are they just so tiny I can't see them? Turns out, the limes typically sold in supermarkets are Persian or Tahiti limes and, like the Bearss lime, are indeed seedless. Key limes, on the other hand, contain seeds. The seedless limes are classified as a parthenocarpic fruit, meaning the flowers Read more
Ready to start your victory garden? Then consider adding some tomatoes to the mix. For the first time ever, the Campbell Soup Company is offering you the opportunity to grow the specially cultivated seeds used to grow tomatoes for its tomato soup. This offer is part of the company's goal to grow more than one billion tomatoes across the country and to support American agriculture. As part of Read more
A coworker and I recently got into a discussion about eating pomegranates. I grew up eating the juicy pulp surrounding each pomegranate seed, and then spitting out its remains, but she loves eating the entire seed and can't imagine going through the hassle of spitting them out. What about you? Do You Eat the Seeds of Pomegranates? Yes. Who would take the time to spit them all Read more
When sending a hand-written note, it always pays to have cute stationery. But, what about multipurpose stationery? Why just send a card, when you can send a small packet of seeds along with it? The Lizard Press Notes to Grow On Set ($25 for 7) features beautiful green illustrations of seven different herbs reproduced from Albert Schramm’s Der Bilderschmuck der Frühdrucke (Germany 1450-1500AD), Read more
Richmond, VA, artists Christopher Humes and Noah Scalin have taken the Bible literally in their art installation strong>Planting the Piece. The artists interpret the Book of Isaiah quote, "And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks" in a wholly 21st century — and absolutely inspirational — manner. The artists molded a 9mm 910 pistol, and then filled Read more
