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11 Feb 2020
Gardening

4 Seed Exchange Ideas

I’ll never forget the first seeds I ever planted that turned into real live vegetables that my family ate. It’s some kind of wonderful magic. And really it’s much easier than you think. I promise! 

 

For the last 12,000 years people have traditionally saved seeds to maintain gardens and farms. It’s really just been in the 20th century that people have bought seed packets. These farmers and gardeners from centuries past have utilized faith, knowledge, and community to keep traditions alive. To keep nurturing their family, to keep working with the tides and the moon and the soil and the bees to make so much more than vegetables and flowers. It’s to preserve a legacy of self-reliance, beauty, hope, and perseverance. It’s to witness miracles and inspire us to see the apple within the seed. 

 

My friend Tara at She’s Rooted Home has blessed us all by creating an online seed exchange where we can share knowledge, tools, seeds, and whatever we want to help each other live our best gardening lives. She’s matching people based on their hardiness zones so that we can best help each other, and I couldn’t be more excited. She’s only opening doors for this until the end of next week, so hop on the bandwagon stat. Oh and you don’t need to save your own seeds – packets will do just fine!!

 

I’ve put together some ideas for what I could be sending my partners below. The options are endless! 

 

Here are some seed exchange ideas to help you plan: 

1. Seeds of course! 

This year I am really looking forward to growing these mini butternut squashes from Row7 Seeds. This company in itself is so rad, and I’m excited to share about them with anyone who will listen. They also sell out often, so they can be hard to come by! 

2. The Growing Candle 

These are the actual coolest candles on the planet. They are in gorgeous little pots and the packaging is a seed packet of wildflowers! Can you even believe such a thing?! I’m in love. 

 

3. Cute harvest basket

All gardeners need a basket for gathering their goodies, and this little vintage inspired wire number does the trick! Perfect for a small batch of herbs and perhaps a handful of beans and flowers. 

 

4. A very personal graft 

Something I’m hoping to do is get a very special graft from a specific Ojai Pixie Tangerine tree. I grew up running through the groves of a farm in Ojai, and some of my best memories as a kid were there making fresh orange juice and hiding in boxes of puppies while my cowboy parents made lunch and talked about rodeoing. I would love to be able to get a few of these to share and spread the love. 

 

I hope these ideas inspire you to get out there and participate in a seed exchange, virtual or otherwise! To sign up for the She’s Rooted Home Seed Exchange, click here, and join us! 

 

*This post contains affiliate links, which help me earn a living for my family. Thank you for supporting us! 

 

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I was overwhelmed and intimidated by seeds when I started gardening. Until I threw caution to the wind and just started going for it. 

Now, I have a much better handle on what they need. It’s like with babies, they’re needy in the beginning and then before you know it, are holding their own bottles 🥹. 

It’s all about keeping them moist, having them in good soil, and knowing the right heat they need. 

It’s odd, but I have the best success direct-sowing in this little greenhouse. It controls heat and moisture for those first few days and gives the seed just what they need. 

I’ve also found that in spring sowing seeds in trays outside that are away from the garden gives me great success because it keeps the seedlings from birds, grubs, kids, etc when climate isn’t the issue but pests are. 

Above all, I do respect the depth requirements of each seed, but ignore most spacing requirements. I’ll thin anything if it needs it, but also love a bed that’s tightly planted (keeps out weeds). 

I’ve got it all in a free download on seed planting. Comment SEEDS and get it DMd to ya. 

Picking seeds starts soon, I can’t wait for the 2024 season!
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I was overwhelmed and intimidated by seeds when I started gardening. Until I threw caution to the wind and just started going for it.

Now, I have a much better handle on what they need. It’s like with babies, they’re needy in the beginning and then before you know it, are holding their own bottles 🥹.

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It’s odd, but I have the best success direct-sowing in this little greenhouse. It controls heat and moisture for those first few days and gives the seed just what they need.

I’ve also found that in spring sowing seeds in trays outside that are away from the garden gives me great success because it keeps the seedlings from birds, grubs, kids, etc when climate isn’t the issue but pests are.

Above all, I do respect the depth requirements of each seed, but ignore most spacing requirements. I’ll thin anything if it needs it, but also love a bed that’s tightly planted (keeps out weeds).

I’ve got it all in a free download on seed planting. Comment SEEDS and get it DMd to ya.

Picking seeds starts soon, I can’t wait for the 2024 season!

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So I studied high intensity gardening methods for small spaces mixed with a companion planting approach that helps me maximize my space.

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I started playing with expanding my seasons and learned that SOIL is actually the key. Mess that up and the garden suffers. Just keep going though, it’s all fixable.

It’s made me an endlessly better person, and given so much purpose to my path.

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