Tuesday, October 20, 2015

October Community Seed Exchange


Community Seed Exchange
Support a resilient home grown sharing economy!
Last  Monthly Gathering of the year 
 Harvest Potluck
Saturday October 31st
St Stephen’s Church   500 Robinson Road, Sebastopol

10:30-12:00 FREE Class-Celebrate with us the  Fall Harvest and the Crops of the Americas we've grown in the SEED Garden 
Explore the many varieties of heirloom shelling beans and taste of few of our all time favorites. Learn how to nixtamalize dry corn with our Painted Mountain corn for tortillas and hominy.We'll also learn how to process  quinoa and will sample some Brilliant Light Quinoa grown in the SEED Garden. We'll also make chili powder from the Chimayo Pepper . 
Demonstration and tastings in the church kitchen followed by a harvest pot luck. Bring a dish to share!  Please bring your own plates and cutlery!

9:00 -10:00 –WORK Party in the SEED Garden  – 

9:00 - 11:00 – Seed Library OPENdrop in anytime between these hours to check out the hundreds of varieties of  locally grown seeds!These seeds are free for home gardeners. We hope that you will decide to learn how to save your own garden seeds and bring seeds back to the exchange in the coming seasons.  Also bring in your seed to deposit in the library.  

Pick up seeds for your late fall planting like Beets, Lettuces, Fava beans, lots of flowers and herbs too!
                       

Community Seed Exchange-   Creating a grassroots community seed exchange that supports Sonoma County gardeners with free, locally grown, open-pollinated, pesticide and GMO-free seeds.
    


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