A Seed Chat with Bill McDorman. – A garden without herbs is like ice cream without hot fudge. It works but you can increase your delight tenfold by adding them to the mix. They enhance any meal and they can be perennial and annual allowing for many different planting opportunities. Drinking teas…
A Seed Chat with Bill McDorman. – 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 Chat with a Seed Expert. – This is the June 2021 Seed Saving Class discussing wildflowers. Bill McDorman draws on his 28 years of careful observation as he shares expert tips for successful wildcrafting and planting of wildflower seeds, including mistakes to avoid. He also clears up some common misconceptions about…
A seed chat with Bill McDorman: This is the May 2021 class discussing the main cucurbit species, crossbreeding squashes, and so much more on the main species of cucurbits and their differences that allow for ‘wild crosses’.
A seed chat with Bill McDorman: This is the April 2021 class discussing the importance of growing our own grains, ancient grain sources, and so much more on which grains are best for specific regions.
598: Tommie Hockett on Sharing Seeds with Friends. Splitting a Seed Up In a Box with six others and building community resilience. In This Podcast: We hear first-hand experience from…
A seed chat with Bill McDorman. This is the March 2021 episode of a live Seed Saving Class discussing the many varieties of umbels, unique characteristics of onions and garlic, as well as so much more on aspects of permaculture as it relates to saving seeds.
A seed chat with Bill McDorman. – This is the February 2021 class discussing systems for local seed viability, reclaiming ancient grains and heirloom seeds, and so much more…
Breeding vegetables for a unique variety that is well-suited to your climate. – Diving into the topic of breeding for genetic seed diversity, Greg Muller’s curiosity led him to experiment with crossbreeding unique seed varieties. Greg illustrates the epic vegetable breeds he has been creating from…
A chat with an expert on Seeds. This is the December 2020 episode of a live Seed Saving Class discussing the highlights of seed saving topics from the year, from proper seed storage to…