Washburn's Community Seed Bank
@ the Washburn Public Library
Sponsored by: the Seed Savers Alliance
Below. you will find links to different sites that are chock full useful information. Just click on the underlined title and it will take you to the webpage or publication that is described. If you think that we missed something, please send us an e-mail to: wplcsb@gmail.com so that we can be sure to include it. Thanks!
Additional Literature Related to Growing
Saving Our Seeds
A smattering of good information. From planting distances to building your own winnower.
Urban Food Garden
Information on everything from designing your garden plots to growing techniques.
Gardening in Central Wisconsin
Gardening tips for folks who live in zones 3&4 in WI
Seed Tapes
A neat alternative to planting each seed individually.
Guide to Starting and Keeping a Garden
Put together by the San Diego Master Gardeners
Seed Lending Libraries: Empowered Communities Take Control of Their Genetic Resources
An article that outlines what a seed library (or seed bank in our case) is and how it affects the community.
Commercial Seed Banks
Didn't find the seed you were looking for? Here are some websites of commercial heirloom/open pollinated organic seed growers and distributors. If you do get a different seed that the library doesn't carry, please consider saving seed from your harvest and sharing some with the community so that others may also experience the joy of new varieties. Thanks!
Seed Savers Exchange
Decorah, Iowa
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Petaluma, California
High Mowing Organic Seeds
Wilcott, Vermont
Adaptive Seeds
Sweet Home, Oregon
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Winslow, Maine
Burpee Seeds and Plants
Warminster, Pennsylvania
Territorial Seed Company
Cottage Grove, Oregon
Seeds of Change
Rancho Dominguez, California
Ferry-Morse Seed Company
Fulton, Kentucky
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Mineral, Virginia
Fedco Seeds
Waterville, Maine
Nichols Garden Nursery
Albany, Oregon
The Cook's Garden
Warminster, Pennsylvania
Renee's Garden Seeds
Felton, California
Botanical Interests
Bloomfield, Colorado
Peaceful Valley Farm & Garden Supply
Grass Valley, California
Additional Information
Seed Saving Instructions-Free Online Literature Vegetable Planting and Seed Saving InstructionsA page on the Seed Savers Exchange website devoted to the "how-to" for planting and saving seeds from their catalogue.
How to Screen And Winnow SeedsThis webpage published by NW Farms and Food explains how to screen and winnow seeds.
Seed Saving GuideA webpage on the Seed Ambassadors Project webpage with links to information on seed saving.
Collecting and Storing SeedsAn article and video links by Fine Gardening that focuses on saving seeds from flowers.
A Guide to Seed Saving, Seed Stewardship and Seed SovereigntyA publication by the Seed Ambassadors Project that has a lot of useful information on how and why to save different types of seeds.
Vegetable Seed Saving HandbookA multi-"chapter" webpage that has almost any information that you may need as you embark on your seed saving adventure. Everything from how to plant specific plants for seed saving to different methods of isolation to detailed descriptions on how to process different types of seeds.
Pollination of Vegetable CropsAn online illustration of how pollination occurs.
Seed Saving BasicsAn online publication distributed by the Institute of Urban Homesteading that breaks seed saving down into layman's terms.
Compilation of Tips from the Seed Savers Exchange CatalogueCheck out this copy of seed saving tips and tricks from the Seed Savers Exchange.
Seed Savers Exchange Quick ReferenceA link to their webpage of reference tools for saving seeds. Everything from vegetables to flowers. |