Just got back from a visit to the free "seed bank" at our local public library.
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Just got back from a visit to the free "seed bank" at our local public library. Every year, some business donates all the unsold garden vegetable seed packets from the previous growing season to the library. Despite being labeled "packed for 2025" (or even "2024"), most of the seeds are still viable and will grow for a few years after their original sell-by date.
The library fills an old card catalog cabinet with the seed packets. The selection varies from year to year, but there are usually at least some of just about every common (US) garden vegetable. They're free to anyone who walks in the door. Yet another reason we support our public library.
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Just got back from a visit to the free "seed bank" at our local public library. Every year, some business donates all the unsold garden vegetable seed packets from the previous growing season to the library. Despite being labeled "packed for 2025" (or even "2024"), most of the seeds are still viable and will grow for a few years after their original sell-by date.
The library fills an old card catalog cabinet with the seed packets. The selection varies from year to year, but there are usually at least some of just about every common (US) garden vegetable. They're free to anyone who walks in the door. Yet another reason we support our public library.
️Wonderful! The local public library in my town does this, too. They also offer seed packets donated by local gardeners who belong to a seed-sharing , heirloom-variety club.
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Just got back from a visit to the free "seed bank" at our local public library. Every year, some business donates all the unsold garden vegetable seed packets from the previous growing season to the library. Despite being labeled "packed for 2025" (or even "2024"), most of the seeds are still viable and will grow for a few years after their original sell-by date.
The library fills an old card catalog cabinet with the seed packets. The selection varies from year to year, but there are usually at least some of just about every common (US) garden vegetable. They're free to anyone who walks in the door. Yet another reason we support our public library.
️@woodwonk What a great idea and initiative.
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Just got back from a visit to the free "seed bank" at our local public library. Every year, some business donates all the unsold garden vegetable seed packets from the previous growing season to the library. Despite being labeled "packed for 2025" (or even "2024"), most of the seeds are still viable and will grow for a few years after their original sell-by date.
The library fills an old card catalog cabinet with the seed packets. The selection varies from year to year, but there are usually at least some of just about every common (US) garden vegetable. They're free to anyone who walks in the door. Yet another reason we support our public library.
️@woodwonk big seeds like corn are the first to become nonviable, but some seeds will germinate even after 20 years if stored properly
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Just got back from a visit to the free "seed bank" at our local public library. Every year, some business donates all the unsold garden vegetable seed packets from the previous growing season to the library. Despite being labeled "packed for 2025" (or even "2024"), most of the seeds are still viable and will grow for a few years after their original sell-by date.
The library fills an old card catalog cabinet with the seed packets. The selection varies from year to year, but there are usually at least some of just about every common (US) garden vegetable. They're free to anyone who walks in the door. Yet another reason we support our public library.
️Mine does this too. It's so cool.
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