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  • From: "Cheryl Modjeski" <paperrain@semo.net>
  • To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing" <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] finding local varieties
  • Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 08:29:56 -0500

Here in South Central Missouri I send for seeds from
1. Seed Savers Exchange ( Decorah, Iowa )  www.seedsavers.org  
2. Baker Creek Seed Co. ( Mansfield Missouri) www.rareseeds.com
 
Cheryl
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Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 12:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] finding local varieties


http://www.southernexposure.com/index.html

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
--Henry David Thoreau

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On 8/11/2006 at 1:27 PM Dianne Palmer-Quay wrote:

>Norma,
>
>Can you locate a seed company that is in your general area?  I am in SC
and
>buy a lot of seeds from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange since they focus
on
>seeds for the Mid-Atlantic region.  Of course I am a little further south,
>but generally the varieties work well.  I buy some seeds from companies in
>other parts of the country, but choose the varieties carefully.  The key
>challanges I have here are: 1) a short cool season with large fluxuations
>in daytime/nighttime temps and 2) very hot and humid summer season.
>Consequently I look for hardy, fast growing cool weather crops and heat
>tolerant warm weather crops. I also pay attention to catalogs that tell me
>the best latitudes for the varieties (this espcially pertains to onions
and
>corn).  Check the same variety in several catalogs as well.  Some
write-ups
>are much more informative with disease resistance, germination times, etc.
>
>Dianne in the midlands of SC (where it is monsoon season right now - hot,
>humid days and thunderstorms every afternoon.  My clothes keep on getting
>an extra rinse!)
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