Seeding Ideas: a seed library

05/18/2021

Curbside Pickup Service Restored (May 17)

Materials from most Novanet libraries are available through our curbside pickup service. Curbside pickup is available at our libraries for all library users, including alumni and off-campus borrowers.

More info: https://libraries.dal.ca/borrow/curbside-pickup-service.html

04/16/2021

04/16/2021

Want to save seed from that super tasty tomato? Check out this new guide created by TOMI- the Tomato Organic Management and Improvement Project

This guide includes crop background; lifecycle, and basic biology; growing tomato seed; seed storage, and seedborne diseases.

04/15/2021

Upcoming workshop from Sundance Harvest

In this Growing in the Margins workshop “Young, Black and Farming”, you will learn the basics on starting a sustainable farm business.

04/12/2021

With safety protocols and physical distancing still in place not bringing as many folks to our library doors, and in our pursuit to do our part as Dal Libraries to slow the spread of COVID-19, our seed library inventory has an opportunity to be transformed into a community asset, “Growing Together, Apart” garden kits!

Limited quantities available. Pick yours up today at the MacRae Library, Dalhousie Faculty of Agriculture! Hours of operation can be found at https://libraries.dal.ca/hours-locations/macrae.html

Inside this envelope you will find several varieties of seeds for your home garden, brief instructions for sowing those seeds, seed saving instructions, and fact sheets from the Dalhousie Faculty of Agriculture’s Extended Learning Department. These fact sheets contain resources for gardeners new and old, including some concepts behind gardening practices. More tip sheets are available online at www.dal.ca/about-dal/agricultural-campus/about/gardens/garden-box.html

There is no expectation or request for seed to be returned to our seed library, this is our gift to you in gratitude for all our community does to nourish us.

10/25/2018

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10/22/2018

How much space to give vegetables? It affects how quickly they start cropping, as well as how big they grow. You can vary spacing also by your sowing method....

08/17/2017

07/10/2017

Terrylynn Brant of Ohsweken, Ont., is building a seed bank of traditional foods, like blue potatoes, red corn and strawberry beans, and hopes to inspire the next generation to grow their own food.