How To Store And Organize Your Seed Collection

It may not be as sophisticated as the svalbard seed vault, but it is certainly adequate for my needs. I finally broke down and built storage boxes for my seed collection.
Storing seeds, particularly heirlooms, is a great way to save money and preserve our food heritage.

I built these storage boxes inexpensively from 1×4 pine boards.

Farming by Richard Kendall Munkittrick (1891)

Another FREE ebook written by Richard Kendall Munkittrick. 1891 added to our list

excerpt:
I had always had a wild ambition to be a farmer, and be far from the hurly-burly of metropolitan life. Of farming I knew nothing but what I had heard from people who delighted in ridiculing its independence, as well as in looking at it from a serious standpoint, in order to prove it a comic occupation……….

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Propagating and Growing Lavender From Cuttings

Lavender has many wonderful uses. People use it for tea, essential oil and fragrance. I love the lavender plant for its shear beauty. The plant attracts lots of beneficial bugs to your garden. Propagating lavender is simple. Every gardener should give it a try.

In this video, I am growing cuttings from a plant I bought a while ago.