Trialing Seed for Seed Savers Exchange - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Aug. 4, 2025

August 01, 2025 00:27:16
Trialing Seed for Seed Savers Exchange - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Aug. 4, 2025
MARGARET ROACH A WAY TO GARDEN
Trialing Seed for Seed Savers Exchange - A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach - Aug. 4, 2025

Aug 01 2025 | 00:27:16

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Show Notes

On the weekend of Aug. 8 and 9, the beloved Seed Savers Exchange will celebrate its 50th anniversary of preserving our seed heritage with festivities at its homebase in Decorah, Iowa. I wanted to celebrate Seed Savers here a little, too, by learning more about some of their participatory programs that we gardeners can help with – including one called ADAPT, where gardeners trial varieties from the Seed Savers’ seed bank in their own gardens and provide feedback on their performance, to help Seed Savers understand the adaptability of these varieties to different environments around the country.  I’m joined by Mike... Read More ›

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