Lend on hand on the Seed Library farm.

Here on the farm Doug and I do practically everything by hand. Harvesting, weeding, threshing, and more. Sometimes there just aren’t enough hands to get everything done.

If you’d like to lend a hand we’re offering a seedy barter. Volunteers get a free 2011 Gift Membership and can come for free to our annual farm tour. We’ll also have a farm lunch and may send you home with some farm fresh food. Space is limited to a max of 4 people per date, you must RSVP to mail@seedlibrary.org. Thank you!

Our farm is located in Accord, NY. We are close to Stone Ridge/High Falls. Rosendale, Kingston, Ellenville, and New Paltz are all 20-30 minutes away. We are a 2 hour drive from the city. I will send directions to everyone who is signed up. As folks email me I will be adding names to the dates listed below.

Monday September 6: 9am- 12 pm
1. Marly B.
2. Paolo V.
3. Deb W.
4.
Saturday September 11: 9am - 12pm
1. Dan C.
2. Jennifer K.
3.
4.
Monday September 13: 9am-12pm
1. Deb T.
2. Michelle M.
3. Veronica N.
4.
Saturday September 18: 9am - 12pm
1. Michelle H.
2.
3.
4.
Monday September 20 9am-12pm
1. Zach P.
2. Phil S.
3.
4.

Great guessing gardeners! Here are the answers. Just click on each photo if you want to see everyone’s guesses.

Recently I posted a photo of a flower on our Facebook page. So far, only one person has guessed what it is.

That’s because we like to grow some unusual varieties for fun, to find the most ornamental edible and useful plants, and to continue to expand our palettes and the seed catalog. Some of our plants are unrecognizable, even to experienced gardeners and farmers, because a seed farm looks a little different than a farm where many plants are harvested for eating well before they flower or go to seed.  I thought it would be fun to post some more photos of what’s flowering on the farm to see who can guess their names.  Good luck, I’ll post answers next week.

The flower I posted on Facebook  is extremely familiar in our daily lives, but not in our gardens. Since there were already sixteen guesses (one right!) I’ll name this flower… cotton! See if you can guess the other 10 baffling blooms and flummoxed flowers.

If you’ve got a guess for an individual pic, click on the pic to make it larger and then leave a comment. Your guess will show up with the comments specific to that photo. If you want to try them all you can leave your list in the general comments field.

These boots were made for mucking.

Are you tired of seeing these old placeholder photos in our catalog? You can help weed them out, and win a free 2011 Seed Library membership. It’s free to enter the contest and you can send as many original pics or works of art related to any of the varieties in our catalog. We’ll be choosing one to two images for each variety. That’s all we have room for right now.

Here’s how.

Photos: The easiest way to enter is through our Facebook page. Just post your pic to the wall and make sure to tell us the variety name. We’ll review the posted pics in October and let you know if your photo was selected. If your pics gets used in the catalog we will give you credit and send you a free 2011 Gift Membership that you can use for yourself or give as a gift.

Artwork: You can send us an original image of something you have already created or make something new. The art must be your own. Send art images at 300dpi or less to our email. If we choose your painting, print, sculpture, etching, video, collage, or other work we’ll give you credit and send you the free membership.

If you are not on Facebook you can send images to our email. Just keep them small. If we need a higher res pic to put in the catalog we’ll let you know.

Thanks!

Hello seedy city folks! I’m coming down to the city to talk with Brent of The Fabulous Beekman Boys (and some of you too) about Edible Heirlooms.  Here’s the info. Hope you can make it.

Dinokale. This is the palm tree method of growing kale. These mini trees look beautiful in an edible landscape.

When:    Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 5 – 6pm
Where:    the elixir lounge at abc kitchen,
floor 1 of abc home
888 broadway @ 19th street, nyc

a series of farm-to-table talks curated by Dr. Brent Ridge of The Fabulous Beekman Boys, a new show on Planet Green TV.

limited seating, rsvp required

about edible heirlooms:
learn the secrets of cultivating heirloom vegetables with Ken Greene of the ground-breaking Hudson Valley Seed Library, creating an accessible and affordable source of regionally-adapted seeds maintained by a community of caring gardeners.