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Going to Seed @goingtoseed.bsky.social · 7d

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Seed Saving Time! How to Save Seeds from Squash (Also works for zucchini, pumpkins, and gourds) Let your fruits mature on the vine for as long as the season allows. The longer they stay, the more ful...

Seed Saving Time! How to Save Seeds from Squash (Also works for zucchini, pumpkins, and gourds) Let your fruits mature on the vine for as long as the season allows. The longer they stay, the more...

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Going to Seed @goingtoseed.bsky.social · 24d

Share Your Love of Seed Saving

Find and support your local seed library
Deliver educational materials
Share Going to Seed’s locally adapted seeds
Submit your photos
Share Going to Seed social posts
Be part of the online conversation

Find out more at:
goingtoseed.org/pages/volunt...

Brochures that describe the principles of adaptation gardening (aka landrace gardening) published by the organization Going to Seed

Mixture of seeds of all shapes and sizes held in the palm of a hand

Screenshot of Going to Seed's online community website hosted on Discourse

Going to Seed @goingtoseed.bsky.social · 27d

The German kindle edition is free to download until September 29th at midnight pacific time.

Germany: www.amazon.de/gp/product/B...
usa: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

Gärtnern mit Landsorten: Weltweite, lokale und private Ernährungssicherheit durch genetisch vielfältige, sich frei verkreuzende Pflanzen (Landrace Gardening – International Editions) : Lofthouse, Jose...

Gärtnern mit Landsorten: Weltweite, lokale und private Ernährungssicherheit durch genetisch vielfältige, sich frei verkreuzende Pflanzen (Landrace Gardening – International Editions) | Lofthouse, Jose...

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Going to Seed @goingtoseed.bsky.social · 29d

Going to Seed Community Squash Grow-Outs

For more, search "2025 Grow Reports":

goingtoseed.org/pages/commun...

For seed saving tips, see our Summer Squash Crop Guide (tips also apply to other squash):

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#seedsaving #squashharvest #adaptationgardening

Moschata squash of verying sizes and shapes on shelf.

Cover of Summer Squash Growing Guide showing a variety of summer squashes

Outdoor display (4 tiers) of maxima squashes of various colors, shapes and sizes.

Going to Seed @goingtoseed.bsky.social · Sep 17

Landrace Gardening in 5 languages!
Joseph Lofthouse's inspiring book, "Landrace Gardening: Food Security Through Biodiversity and Promiscuous Pollination" is available in Chinese, English, French, German, and Hindi.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPKRYJX....
#landracegardening #seedsaving #resilientplants

Cover of book is a red pea pod on vine against a blue sky background

Joseph Lofthouse standing in a field of young sunflowers - no blooms yet.

Dry beans of many colors and patterns in a checkerboard arrangement

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Going to Seed @goingtoseed.bsky.social · Sep 15

Going to Seed featured in The Generous Garden
Check out Margaret Tomlinson's substack post, "A Bountiful Garden, Part II", featuring the garden of one of Going to Seed's advisors!
mtomlinson.substack.com/p/a-bountifu...
#landracegardening #adaptationgardening #seedsaving @margarettomlinson

Rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis). US Fish & Wildlife Service photograph. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rusty_Patched_Bumble_Bee_(28971822177).jpg

A log anchors a raised bed in my garden where New York asters are growing. (The rocks are to keep squirrels from digging and exposing the plants’ roots.)

Purplish eggplant with white streaks hanging on plant

Melon with smooth green skin and deeper green stripes hanging from wire screen trellis.

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Going to Seed @goingtoseed.bsky.social · Sep 12

Seed Saving Time!! Share seeds with your community and Going to Seed!
For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, it's time to think about seed saving. Saved seeds are a gift to your future garden, and can also be shared with a local seed library and/or Going to Seed:
goingtoseed.org/pages/contri...

Man next to a stand of ripe radish seed pods

Moschata squash cut in half to show seeds in cavity.

Going to Seed @goingtoseed.bsky.social · Sep 11

Growing for Seed and Produce with Dan Brisebois (@danbrisebois.farm)

#diverseproduce #marketfarmer

This practical webinar hosted by Going to Seed is designed for farmers growing and selling produce grown from diverse seeds or breeding projects.

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Growing for Seed and Produce with Dan Brisebois

YouTube video by Adaptation Gardening

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Going to Seed @goingtoseed.bsky.social · Aug 13

Local partnerships for local seeds!
GTS connects Salt Lake City Public Library with local growers to supply diverse seed mixes to library patrons next year.

Local seeds will add robust genetics, providing home growers regionally adapted plants to foster in their gardens.
#localseeds #foodsecurity

Photo of Chris Pyper of Rustling Aspen Farm and Rikki Longino, the Salt Lake City Public Library Seed Librarian at Chris' farm.

Amanda Theobald and Elliot Musgrove of Top Crops SLC, holding a sign for the Utah Farm and Food Conference. A drawing of colorful carrots in a line decorates the sign.

Going to Seed @goingtoseed.bsky.social · Aug 5

Help SSE choose varieties for their catalog!

awaytogarden.com/how-gardener...

seedsavers.org/preservation...

Sign up to join the 2026 trials:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
yxNReUkZVG0mvhPxJ_2pfno0OCFYdPDKJO4jDunZK3
vqw/viewform

#communityscience #seeddiversity

A colorful graphic with 3 panels illustrating community participation in variety trials followed by catalog seed production of chosen varieties and their introduction into the Seed Savers catalog.

Going to Seed @goingtoseed.bsky.social · Aug 4

Dan Brisebois interviews Chris Smith, founder of the Utopian Seed Project and the Appalachian Growers Seed Collective. Learn how Chris began his serendipitous journey with seeds. Taro, okra and starting a collective are discussed!
danbrisebois.com/.../the-seed...

#adaptedcrops #localseeds

Dan Brisbois holding a giant turnip and with amazed look on his face.

Chris Smith with an image of his book, "The Whole Okra: A Seed to Stem Celebration"

Going to Seed @goingtoseed.bsky.social · Jul 29

Angie Kang's article in High Country News, "The Seeds Remember: Reclaiming Chinese Culture Through Cultivation" is beautifully illustrated and gently connects topics ranging from food sovereignty to seed adaptation. Hope you'll enjoy it.

www.hcn.org/issues/57-7/...

#seedadaptation #foodsovereignty

The seeds remember - High Country News

Reclaiming Chinese culture through cultivation.

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Going to Seed @goingtoseed.bsky.social · Jul 28

Seeds are essential to our food systems. Help raise public awareness!
www.localseeds.org
Anyone who uses seeds, purchased, saved, local or not, is invited to share their perspective.
app.reclaim.ai/m/localseed
docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...

#localseeds #seeddiversity #foodsecurity

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Going to Seed @goingtoseed.bsky.social · May 30

Seed Up Saturday is here!

Join Julia Dakin, Bevin Cohen, and Rebecca Newburn on Saturday, May 31st, for a live online video broadcast. They will discuss how they are Getting the Most Seed Diversity to the Most People.
Sign up for your free ticket to this online event here:
tinyurl.com/46s64ae6

Seed Up Saturday - Feb 25, 2023

See how to bring your community together to save seeds and strengthen your local food supply. In this live online event you’ll get simple ways to increase protection, self-sufficiency, and resiliency...

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Going to Seed @goingtoseed.bsky.social · Apr 20

2024 Garden Harvest
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2024 Garden Harvest

January 22: I finally got my 2024 harvest summary ready.

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Going to Seed @goingtoseed.bsky.social · Mar 16

The Profoundly Promiscuous and Totally Tasty Tomato Project continues to live as another generation arises from the soil. We are so grateful for the growers committed to growing these seeds and helping with this project. #profoundlypromiscuousandtotallytasty #adaptiveag #cropdiversity #tomatoes

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Going to Seed @goingtoseed.bsky.social · Mar 15

The diversity of many crops is staggering, and yet growers typically only have access to a few varieties. Growing and trialing USDA GRIN accessions is one of the small ways we're changing this. #cropdiversity #adaptiveag #seedwork

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Going to Seed @goingtoseed.bsky.social · Mar 13

Have you ever wanted to check the germination rate of your saved seeds? Clint Freund, founder of Cultivating the Commons, will present his tried-and-true methods in this free webinar hosted by Going to Seed on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 4 pm PDT. Sign up at givebutter.com/Germination

Germination Testing with Clint Freund

For anyone who grows, shares, and sells seeds.

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