Edmonton Seedy Sunday

17/11/2024

Do you have seed stories to tell?

As many of you know, Seeds of Diversity is 40 years old this year! This milestone is an accomplishment we’re proud of, and we would like to celebrate it! During the next few months, we're going to tell our stories of seeds, plants, and people who have made a lasting difference for food diversity and food security in Canada.

If you have recollections about a favourite plant, a community experience, or something that inspired you as a gardener or seed saver, we'd like to help you tell your story to other Seeds of Diversity members.

🍅 Maybe you'd like to share a photo on our social media?
🥕 Offer a story for our newsletter?
🧄 Even tell your story in a video or in an online member meeting?

Get in touch with Bob Wildfong, Executive Director - we’re looking forward to hearing from you! [email protected]

27/10/2024

If you are in Edmonton, PhD Farm has this for sale

October 25th ⚠️⚠️only 6 more days left in the season ⚠️⚠️
Just a reminder that tomatoes and firewood are still on sale and I have a lot
We have:
-Tomatoes (Amish paste, regular, mixed variety, black krim, San marzano and green) $2-3 per lb depending on variety
-Kohlrabi $2-4
-Collared greens$4 per lb
-Swiss chard $2 per 0.5lb
-Small Cabbage (red and green) $0.5-1.75
-Hakurei Japanese turnip $2.5 per pack
-Celeriac $4 per pack
-Carrots (orange, purple, baby orange, baby purple and baby rainbow) $4-6 per 2lb pack depends on the variety
-Jerusalem artichoke (3 varieties) $5-6 per lb (Way below market price of $7-11 per lb)
-Jerusalem artichoke for planting (limited supply only 4 packs) $10 per lb (Way below market price of $14 per lb)
-Rutabaga $3 per lb
-Beets (candy cane, gold and mixed variety) $3-4 per lb
-And firewood $10 per bundle discount on large quantities (extra bonus for my followers $5 off on firewood)

24/10/2024

Seed librarians, we want to hear from you! What supports, conversations, and resources would help your seed work?

This summer, we collaborated with the Community Seed Network, Seeds of Diversity Canada, and FarmFolk CityFolk to offer discussion sessions for seed library and community seed bank organizers in the US and Canada. The idea: Bring together folks working on initiatives to collect, exchange, and distribute seed within their communities.

We held two virtual Seed Library Organizer Sessions, where many ideas were shared and connections were made.

We don't want to end it here, so now we’re asking you: What do you want to see happen next? What would be most helpful for your work?

Please share your thoughts by completing this form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeINO87yJSBPw_ZioELuSgGLFcstteZpKFnJxyedtIDHYPRcA/viewform?usp=sf_link

24/10/2024

12/10/2024

The best way to store garlic is in a dry, room-temperature place such as a kitchen cupboard. If you store it in a cold, humid place (like a fridge) it will sprout!
This is confusing because it's opposite to onions, which store well in a cold and dry place.

The difference is that garlic sprouts when cold, and onions sprout when warm, which is why we plant garlic in the fall and onions in the spring. Now you know why, so you can remember how to store them both!

19/09/2024

Sharing for information. Connect with community and make it more beautiful in the morning in the Sustainable Food Edmonton Orchard (9528-107a ave) Celebrate in the afternoon with friends and neighbours for community league day at the Aviary (9314 -111 avenue)

03/09/2024

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=526124389781392&id=100071515058909

FREE GARDENING WORKSHOP SEPTEMBER 11!

This 1-hour workshop is presented by Junetta Jamerson, Community Garden Facilitator with Sustainable Food Edmonton.

Perfect for beginners and experienced gardeners alike, this session will empower you with the skills to keep your garden thriving. Please RSVP! Thank YOU!

28/08/2024

This summer, 117 Seeds of Diversity members are growing 29 varieties of Canadian tomatoes as part of our 2024 Community Seed Grow-outs. Our goal is to multiply and share as many Canadian varieties as possible.

These delicious Mennonite Orange tomatoes are an heirloom from Pennsylvania that was grown in Ontario since 1910. Seeds saved every year allow the variety to become regionalized, so we call it a Canadian tomato now.

Want to learn more about what makes a tomato Canadian? https://buff.ly/475iiHi

25/08/2024

Like snakes? Help them to their home-

Volunteers needed to take part in EALT annual snake relocation project
Since 2022, the Edmonton and Area Land Trust has conducted a relocation initiative for Red-sided garter snakes close to one of its conservation lands, maskihkîy meskanaw or Glory Hills. EALT was informed of a garter snake hibernaculum located just outside the boundary of Glory Hills Conservation Land in Parkland County.

The current snake den is next to a paved township road in the ditch, making snakes that move onto the road for warmth at risk of being run over. This snake den was unintentionally created when road access and a culvert were developed for the subdivision.

In collaboration with Alberta Government Species at Risk Biologists and an Alberta Conservation Association biologist and herptile expert, EALT created an artificial hibernaculum at the Glory Hills property in late summer 2022. In early fall, biologists and volunteers monitored the old hibernaculum for snakes returning to this location, trapped them, and relocated them to the new hibernaculum.

Results suggest that EALT has been successful in encouraging snakes to use the human-made hibernaculum. This was further corroborated by findings in Spring 2024 trapping sessions during the snakes' spring emergence. EALT is now recruiting volunteers to assist with the Fall relocation effort, which will take place from September 3 to October 11. https://mailchi.mp/ealt/february-volunteer-opportunities-bkk9jb42s0-17392852?e=3224277182

20/08/2024

Hello Friends,

Our friend Maryann Borch passed away recently. We remember Maryann for being so many things. Community was at the core of her mission, as was supporting local food. She brought her many great qualities to share with us at Edmonton Seedy Sunday. It was joy for her to share her weaving knowledge with children and adults. Many of the children will remember visiting the wee goat she brought one year. We are really, really going to miss her.

The Edmonton Seedy Sunday Committee

25/07/2024

Looking forward to this!

Hey seedy folks! Are you an active or aspiring seed library organizer in Canada or the United States? Have you been looking for a chance to connect with others about seed quality, education, or stewardship?

This is for you! 🌱🫘

Seeds of Diversity Canada, The Community Seed Network, and Farm Folk City Folk are collaborating to offer two discussion sessions in August for seed library and community seed bank organizers. The sessions are completely free and will take place via Zoom on August 19th and August 27th, 2024.

Interested in attending? Read more about the discussions and register on Eventbrite:
https://buff.ly/4dfSlXy

04/07/2024

Ready to level-up your seed-saving game? Join us at A’Bunadh Seeds, where Denise O’Reilly has been growing seed for over 20 years! Denise will tour us around her farm and share her tips for saving seed from biennial crops like beets and carrots. We might even get to harvest some squash seed, check out the strawberry u-pick, or dip a toe into some beginner plant breeding! Registration opening soon, email [email protected] for more info.

SeedChange / Sème l’avenir

16/05/2024

The 2024 Native Plant Garden Challenge has launched! By joining this Challenge, ANPC members dedicate as little as 1 m x 1 m of their gardens to native plant species that support pollinators and enhance the biodiversity of our local communities. These actions help educate others and more importantly demonstrate that our outdoor spaces are, and can be, an important part of our local ecosystems.

Note that we maintain a private page dedicated to this challenge, which is also open to the public: https://www.facebook.com/groups/532074481403507/

In addition, our new website includes a revamped Member's Portal with the Challenge resources - most importantly a toolkit on how to get started with your pollinator garden efforts and native plant supplier discounts!
https://anpc.ab.ca/?page_id=7244

More generally, the revamped ANPC website has sooo much more information about native plants in Alberta: https://anpc.ab.ca/
https://anpc.ab.ca/

We encourage you to actively participate in Challenge discussions and share your initiatives, your successes and your challenges. Your input and enthusiasm will be invaluable as we work together to achieve our goals. ANPC members have access to the Challenge Toolkit which you can access on the members only area of the main ANPC website. Non-members are welcome to participate by joining the page.

If you have any questions, ideas, or suggestions, please reach out to our facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/532074481403507/