Posted by Lilah Morgan on June 8, 2007, 3:56 pm
<Charlie> wrote in message
> On Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:27:17 GMT, "Lilah Morgan"
> >> Sauzanne Ashworth "Seed to Seed"
> Phooey.....make that Suzanne.....
> sometimes typos don't matter, sometimes they does!
> Charlie
I thought it was Suzanne anyways, but library didn't have anything by her(I
searched by Ashworth just in case you did mean Sauzanne)
Posted by Gary Woods on June 8, 2007, 4:26 pm
Charlie wrote:
>Sauzanne Ashworth "Seed to Seed", is great.
At the risk of offending the hyper-religious, Ashworth's book is the Holy
Writ of seed saving. You can get less technical (and less useful), or go
into the PHd level stuff we really don't need, but that's the book I reach
for when I wonder "now, just how far apart do theze gazillions of pepper
varieties need to be."
Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G
Posted by Charlie on June 8, 2007, 4:54 pm
wrote:
>Charlie wrote:
>>Sauzanne Ashworth "Seed to Seed", is great.
>At the risk of offending the hyper-religious, Ashworth's book is the Holy
>Writ of seed saving. You can get less technical (and less useful), or go
>into the PHd level stuff we really don't need, but that's the book I reach
>for when I wonder "now, just how far apart do theze gazillions of pepper
>varieties need to be."
>Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
>Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G
Amen!! ;-)
I'm using the 1st edition, but I see the second edition listed...an
extra one hundred pages. Do you know if it is worth "upgrading"?
Just checked your website and I guess this fall I won't need to quiz
you too much.... looks like good info about garlic. I haven't raised
any yet, I will this fall.
I've been wanting to run up to Decorah for years now, but seems like
something always takes precedent. It's about a six hour drive for me.
Seedsavers and BakerCreek, among others, are so very important. We've
started our own mini-vault (reference to the Svalbard Global Seed
Vault).
Doin' what we can
Charlie
Posted by Lilah Morgan on June 8, 2007, 8:07 pm
<Charlie> wrote in message
> If you aren't up on seedsaving, not saying you aren;t of course...
> Sauzanne Ashworth "Seed to Seed", is great. It is a little more
> complicated proposition than I had realized until I got this book, but
> not hard at all. There is a wealth of info online, Im sure. The book
> describes cross pollination issues, techniques, distance from other
> crops of the same genus, many rootcrops are bienniel in seed
> production, etc....lists the whatfors for schloads of different crops.
> She also describes a technique for proper drying and storage. Properly
> dried seeds can be stored nearly indefinitely in the freezer. Humidity
> and heat are a not good thing on stored seeds.
> Care and luck
> Charlie
A book this thread reminded me of is called Rainforest In Your Kitchen(don't
remember the author cause it's been quite a few years, sorry). It's about
how we can make food purchases that are better for the environment in the
long run and such, by not only encouraging biodiversity(like for example not
buying white eggs since the statistic the book gives is that 95% of eggeries
all use the same breed of hen, so something wipes out that breed, big
problem...), and some more simple logic suggestions, like only buying fresh
produce that's in season, cause then it really doesn't need to be messed
with to make it grow when it's not supposed to, things like that. Was an
interesting read, first time I was introduced into how the agriculture
business is getting screwed...
Posted by Charlie on June 8, 2007, 8:25 pm
On Sat, 09 Jun 2007 00:07:53 GMT, "Lilah Morgan"
><Charlie> wrote in message
>> If you aren't up on seedsaving, not saying you aren;t of course...
>>
>> Sauzanne Ashworth "Seed to Seed", is great. It is a little more
>> complicated proposition than I had realized until I got this book, but
>> not hard at all. There is a wealth of info online, Im sure. The book
>> describes cross pollination issues, techniques, distance from other
>> crops of the same genus, many rootcrops are bienniel in seed
>> production, etc....lists the whatfors for schloads of different crops.
>>
>> She also describes a technique for proper drying and storage. Properly
>> dried seeds can be stored nearly indefinitely in the freezer. Humidity
>> and heat are a not good thing on stored seeds.
>>
>> Care and luck
>> Charlie
>A book this thread reminded me of is called Rainforest In Your Kitchen(don't
>remember the author cause it's been quite a few years, sorry). It's about
>how we can make food purchases that are better for the environment in the
>long run and such, by not only encouraging biodiversity(like for example not
>buying white eggs since the statistic the book gives is that 95% of eggeries
>all use the same breed of hen, so something wipes out that breed, big
>problem...), and some more simple logic suggestions, like only buying fresh
>produce that's in season, cause then it really doesn't need to be messed
>with to make it grow when it's not supposed to, things like that. Was an
>interesting read, first time I was introduced into how the agriculture
>business is getting screwed...
Thanks Lilah. I did a lookup and it sounds like a great book to
introduce people to the issues that are being tossed around.
Here's the author and full title.
Rainforest in Your Kitchen: The Hidden Connection
Between Extinction and Your Supermarket
By Martin Teitel. 1992. Island Press
Wow...cool....he was ahead of the curve! Martin Teitel also serves on
the Council for Responsible Genetics. Good find and thanks for the
heads up.
http://www.gene-watch.org/
Care
Charlie
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> >> Sauzanne Ashworth "Seed to Seed"
> Phooey.....make that Suzanne.....
> sometimes typos don't matter, sometimes they does!
> Charlie