Washington State Seed Library Network

Now restocked at the NW Seattle Seed Library branch: warm-season crops like tomato (Italian Oxheart, Roma, Speckled Roman), pepper (Jalapeno, Jimmy Nardello, others) and eggplant, as well as dozens of types of flowers, including sunflower, poppies, coneflower, sweet peas and this Love-in-a-Mist (Nigella).
The branch is within the PNA Tool Library, see phinneycenter.org for directions and hours.

Here's another one! Snoqualmie Valley Seed Exchange - https://www.snoqualmievalleyseedexchange.org/home

Our second spring meet and greet is this Thursday! Join us online to meet other seed library aficionados, hear a short lesson on creating your garden plan to include your seed saving goals, and take some time to discuss after. We hope to meet you there!

Thursday, March 12 from 7 - 8:30 pm
Zoom links available on registration at the WSSLN page on the Tilth Alliance web site.

Washington State Seed Library Network Meet-Up - Tilth Alliance Join us for an inaugural virtual meet-up for the Washington State Seed Library Network as we all are preparing our gardens for spring planting. We are offering two dates to choose from: Wednesday, February 25, and Thursday, March 12, from 7-8:30 p.m. The agenda: Introductions all around including up...

Two Meet and Greet events are coming up! Join us online to meet other seed library aficionados, hear a short lesson on creating your garden plan to include your seed saving goals, and take some time to discuss after. We hope to meet you there!

Wednesday, February 25th from 7 - 8: 30 pm
Thursday, March 12 from 7 - 8:30 pm

Zoom links available on registration at the WSSLN page on the Tilth Alliance web site. Find them here: https://tilthalliance.org/our-work/gardeners/washington-state-seed-library-network/ at the bottom of the page.

Washington State Seed Library Network - Tilth Alliance Seed libraries throughout Washington State are coming together to save seeds and share them into their communities. The King County Seed Lending Library is now the Washington State Seed Library Network! What is a Seed Library? A seed library is like a book library but with seeds! There are many ways...

Thanks for coming to the Great Seattle Seed Swap yesterday! A special shout-out to the many gardeners who brought seeds, and to our volunteers who made it happen. Let's keep sharing and growing.

We're looking for a couple more volunteers for this Saturday's Great Seattle Seed Swap. Two shifts -- setup noon-2 and breakdown 4-5.
If you're able to help, please email coordinator Bill Thorness, [email protected].
Thanks!

Get inspired and learn a little at the Great Seattle Seed Swap!

Our two short workshops:

2:30 pm: “Seed Collecting and Seed Viability,” Melissa McGinn, Natural Yard Care Project Manager, Tilth Alliance

3:15 pm: “Seed Starting Techniques: Timing Your Sowing,” Bill Thorness, Author, Master Gardener and NW Seattle Seed Library Coordinator

No advance registration needed.

The Great Seattle Seed Swap is a free community event, all are welcome.
https://www.facebook.com/events/33033598472953507/

Seed Swap events are on the horizon in the new year! Have one to publicize? Send us a message here and we will share it.

Here is one The Garden Hotline will be co-hosting with the South King Tool Library in mid-January. Free to attend - come learn and share with us!

If you have been collecting seed all summer and still have not cleaned them - now is the time to get your dry seed cleaned and into containers and labeled for next year. Here are some great tips for getting the seeds separated from the folks at BC Farms and Food - our good neighbors to the north!

Six Ways to Screen and Winnow Seeds - BC Farms & Food Separating seeds from their pods can be time-consuming. Here is a list of simple, low-tech devices for separating seeds from debris and chaff.