646: LovingThose Legumes.

A chat with an expert on seeds.

 

At least ten times a year we have a live Seed Saving Class with Bill McDorman, the Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance, Ketchum, Idaho. He got his start in the bio-regional seed movement while in college in 1979 when he helped start Garden City Seeds. In 1984, Bill started Seeds Trust/High Altitude Gardens, a mail order seed company he ran successfully until it sold in 2013. 

Come join us for the next live class, or catch up on our previous classes through our podcast episodes.  Either way you will expand your seed knowledge and gain new perspectives on your food system.

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In This Seed Chat:

This is the October 2021 live Seed Saving Class discussing legumes.  Beans and peas are great to eat and also great for your soil. Incorporating them into your garden rotation is smart and delicious. Pollinators also love legumes so it’s a win-win all around. Plant them along a wall or fence for a beautiful display of cascading leaves and fruit for easy picking. There is so much to love about legumes! Includes questions asked during the LIVE class.

 


CHAT HIGHLIGHTS:

– Characteristics of legumes
– Symbiotic relationship between legumes and soil
– Protecting soil from high temperatures that kill the life in it
– Members of the legume family, including peanuts
– Old growth food forests
– Cowpeas on Greg’s farm
– If you work the soil more, you make more work for yourself
– Sunchokes
– Garlic from seed
– Saving seeds when your season is limited
– Harvest legume seeds once they are dried on the plant, but before they dehist
– Is wisteria a legume?
– Bill’s message – get as much diversity in the legume family as you can
– What is grex?

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www.urbanfarm.org/lovinglegumes

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