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The seed garden : the art and practice of seed saving / edited by Lee Buttala & Shanyn Siegel ; written by Micaela Colley & Jared Zystro.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Decorah, IA : Seed Savers Exchange : distributed by Chelsea Green Publishing, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: ix, 390 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780988474918
  • 0988474913
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 635 23
LOC classification:
  • SB324.75 .C64 2015
Contents:
Why save seeds? -- Section I. The art and practice of seed saving. The botany of seed saving ; Setting seed: mating systems and pollination methods ; Staying true: seed saving and variety maintenance ; Cultivating for seed ; Harvesting and cleaning seeds ; Seed quality and storage ; Planning the seed garden -- Section II. The seed garden: crop profiles. Determining population size and isolation distance ; Common name directory ; Crop profiles.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Circulating Books Pennsylvania Horticultural Society New Books SB324.75 .C64 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3182700021369
Total holds: 0

Includes index.

Why save seeds? -- Section I. The art and practice of seed saving. The botany of seed saving ; Setting seed: mating systems and pollination methods ; Staying true: seed saving and variety maintenance ; Cultivating for seed ; Harvesting and cleaning seeds ; Seed quality and storage ; Planning the seed garden -- Section II. The seed garden: crop profiles. Determining population size and isolation distance ; Common name directory ; Crop profiles.

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