During my rainy spring break I happened to stumble upon a seed lending library at my local public library. The basic premise of “borrowing” seeds from the library is that at the end of each growing season, the borrower will be asked to replenish the seed collection with seeds harvested from crops grown that year.
Borrowing seeds from the library is a great way to get free seeds. All of the seeds at my library are heirloom seeds, which I am excited about. They even provided planting instructions and seed saving instructions. I ended up borrowing three packets of seeds: watermelon, tomato and sage.
I took them home and planted them in the greenhouse. After they sprout and grow a bit, I will transplant them out to the garden.
I hope you are encouraged to go to your local public library to check out your seed lending library. I believe this is a great way to encourage gardening, encourage growing heirloom varieties, and encourage gardeners to save seeds.
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