The Power of Telling a Good Story
/As I found out during my time as the membership and development intern at Heritage Farm, Seed Savers Exchange is all about stories.
Read MoreAs I found out during my time as the membership and development intern at Heritage Farm, Seed Savers Exchange is all about stories.
Read MoreWhat?! I have to toss some of these perfectly healthy seedlings I worked so hard to start? Which do I save and which do I not? That is the reaction of many a new gardener upon first learning that thinning seedlings is a necessary step to ensure healthy growth of plant starts. The reality is that, if left in crowded environs, your seedlings will eventually suffer.
Read MoreDid you know that there are certain seeds that you can sow outside right now when the temperatures are still cool and there’s still snow on the ground in some parts of the country?
Read MoreIt takes time—years, in fact—dedication, and plenty of effort to “move” a precious heirloom variety from the Seed Savers Exchange seed bank into our seed catalog, but we think that work was more than worth the effort for the 11 new varieties we’re introducing in 2023.
Read MoreThe Seed Savers Exchange Board of Directors has named Mike Bollinger of Decorah, Iowa, executive director of Seed Savers Exchange.
Read MoreThis summer I had the wonderful opportunity to create community, strengthen my gardening abilities, grow connections with knowledgeable individuals—and share what I have learned in the process of it all—here at Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa.
Read MoreIf you have a garden of any shape or size, the odds are good you also have some bothersome garden pests. Yes, aphids and slugs, Japanese beetles and stink bugs (among many other pests!) unfortunately view your beautiful plants as a bountiful buffet upon which to feast.
Read MoreYou’ve spent time, energy, and effort nurturing those veggie, herb, and flower starts—and now it’s time to introduce them to the great outdoors. But before you move your seedlings from your home or greenhouse into your garden—or, in gardening lingo, transplant them!—you’ll want to harden them off.
Read MoreThere may still be snow on the ground in parts of the country, but as those much-longed-for seeds for the new season arrive in the mail, the thoughts of enthusiastic gardeners and seed savers everywhere inevitably drift to spring and the annual rite of starting seeds indoors.
Read MoreWhat is Seed Savers Exchange’s Community Science ADAPT program?
In short, it’s a fun and exciting way to get involved in SSE’s mission to preserve and share our food crop heritage.
Read MoreSeed Savers Exchange is a nonprofit, member supported organization that collects, preserves and shares heirloom seeds for our future. Since 1975, SSE and our supporters have collected the seeds and stories that would otherwise have been lost.
Seed Savers Exchange is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of heirloom seeds.
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