I love seed packets, don't you?
I love the pictures of flowers, herbs, vines, fruits...
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From seeds life springs forth.
In the warm earth. In a mother's womb.
At once miraculously simplistic and profoundly complicated. The myriad millions of codes within "just the right" sets of infinitesimally minute DNA material. The magic and mystery there. Essences of life in tiny little cells, encapsulated within the seed-coat, the egg embryo. Add water and plunge into fertile soil. Days later, POOF! A sunflower, a tomato, a kiwi!... Add boy genetic code to girl genetic code -- feed, water, wait nine or so months, POOF! Welcome to the human race, oh shiny new life.
Just got "Bountiful Gardens" 2011 seed catalog (http://www.bountifulgardens.org/ which sells seeds that are "true to type". Meaning if you collect its seeds and replant them, you will get a true copy of the mother plant. You're never quite sure what you will get with a hybrid plant.
I'm trying to start collecting and storing seeds. Heard of the seed bank storage they're doing now in Norway? Far less fond of the image of its nickname the "Doomsday Vault".... but understand the need for it in more ways than one. Even if the Doom stays away, we'll need a place to store genetically UNMODIFIED seed stock, I'm certain. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norways-doomsday-vault-holds-seeds-of-survival-786773.html
I love the pictures of flowers, herbs, vines, fruits...
From seeds life springs forth.
In the warm earth. In a mother's womb.
At once miraculously simplistic and profoundly complicated. The myriad millions of codes within "just the right" sets of infinitesimally minute DNA material. The magic and mystery there. Essences of life in tiny little cells, encapsulated within the seed-coat, the egg embryo. Add water and plunge into fertile soil. Days later, POOF! A sunflower, a tomato, a kiwi!... Add boy genetic code to girl genetic code -- feed, water, wait nine or so months, POOF! Welcome to the human race, oh shiny new life.
Just got "Bountiful Gardens" 2011 seed catalog (http://www.bountifulgardens.org/ which sells seeds that are "true to type". Meaning if you collect its seeds and replant them, you will get a true copy of the mother plant. You're never quite sure what you will get with a hybrid plant.
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| Bountiful Gardens Heirloom, Untreated, Open-Pollinated Seeds for Sustainable Growing both familiar and unusual plants |
I'm trying to start collecting and storing seeds. Heard of the seed bank storage they're doing now in Norway? Far less fond of the image of its nickname the "Doomsday Vault".... but understand the need for it in more ways than one. Even if the Doom stays away, we'll need a place to store genetically UNMODIFIED seed stock, I'm certain. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norways-doomsday-vault-holds-seeds-of-survival-786773.html
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