permaculture

[Chris Carnevale <c.s.carnevale@gmail.com>]

I should mention that this seed lending library is put together by CRMPI,
Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute, and they've done a huge
service to the Roaring Fork Valley community.  It's a model that could be
replicated in other public library systems and in this day and age of rapid
changing of information sharing, some librarians would be really, really
happy to get such a program up and running to help keep the library
institution relevant.

Chris Carnevale
Charleston, South Carolina

On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>wrote:

> Seed lending library - Boing Boing
> http://boingboing.net/2013/02/27/seed-lending-library.html
>
> "Basalt, CO's public library has added packets of seeds to its circulating
> collection: you grow 'em, pick out the best fruits, and harvest the seeds
> and give them back to the library for the next patron:
>
>  Here's how it works: A library card gets you a packet of seeds. You then
> grow the fruits and vegetables, harvest the new seeds from the biggest and
> best, and return those seeds so the library can lend them out to others.
>
> Syson says tending a garden in Western Colorado can be frustrating. The dry
> climate, alkaline soils and short growing season keep many novices from
> starting. She'll take seeds from the plants that withstand pests and
> persevere through drought.
>
> "If you save seed from those plants, already, in one generation, you will
> now be able to grow a plant that has those traits," Syson says."
>
> How To Save A Public Library: Make It A Seed
> Bank<
> http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/02/02/170846948/how-to-save-a-public-library-make-it-a-seed-bank
> >[NPR/Luke
> Runyon]
>
>
> http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/02/02/170846948/how-to-save-a-public-library-make-it-a-seed-bank
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