The seed garden : the art and practice of seed saving / edited by Lee Buttala & Shanyn Siegel ; written by Micaela Colley & Jared Zystro.
Material type: TextPublisher: Decorah, IA : Seed Savers Exchange, [2015]Distributor: [Place of distribution not identified] : Chelsea Green Publishing, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: ix, 390 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmISBN:- 9780988474918
- 0988474913
- SB324.75 .C64 2015
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Lending Books | Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves | SB324.75 .C65 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39352800154593 |
Includes index.
Why save seeds? -- Section I. The art and practice of seed saving. The botany of seed saving -- Setting seed: mating systems and pollination methods -- Staying true: seed saving and variety maintenance -- Cultivating for seed -- Harvesting and cleaning seeds -- Seed quality and storage -- Planning the seed garden -- Section II. The seed garden: crop profiles. Determining population size and isolation distance -- Common name directory -- Crop profiles (alphabetical by scientific name) -- Appendix: Seed-saving recommendations -- Appendix: Seed-screen sizes -- Appendix: Germination test parameters -- Appendix: Common seedborne diseases -- Appendix: Regional considerations -- Appendix: Legalities -- Glossary -- Index -- Acknowledgements.