S10:E3. 01/21/2023.
Seed Swap, Seed Library, and Master Gardener Deena Trimble on winter sowing.
In honor of the upcoming National Seed Swap Day, January 28, 2014, we are setting the table with swapping seeds. It is that time of the year when we plan our gardens, order our seeds, and, if we are lucky, attend a local seed swap to swap seeds and stories with our neighbors. Today, we visit with Sheila Pennycuff, a Librarian at the Blount County Public Library located in Maryville, TN, and the woman who took an old wooden card catalog and turned it into a seed library. This seed library is located inside the Blount County Public Library. It is an essential service to the community where patrons check out seeds and contribute seeds back to the seed library.
We also hear details of the seed and plant swap on Saturday, January 21, 2013, from 10:00 A.M.-12:00 Noon at the Blount County Public Library.
Deena Trimble speaks on Seed saving, seed sharing, and winter sowing using plastic jugs with lids. She recommends getting friendly with someone who uses a CPAP machine and has clean water jugs to give away.
Links: Seed and Plant Swap info: https://www.blounttn.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=18140&month=1&year=2023&day=21&calType=0
Seed Library information: https://www.blounttn.org/1464/Seed-Library
The Blount County Public Library Seed Library, painted by me (Amy Campbell).
Deena Trimble helps with the seed library and speaks on the topics of her love of seed saving and sharing and winter sowing in this podcast.
One of Deena’s jugs of peas that she sowed in winter.
More of Deena’s jugs of plants that she sowed in winter.
Deena’s numbering system to keep track of what plant is in what jug.