I spent a few hours supporting the 2020 season kick off at the Rochester Public Library Open House for their Seed Library! This is their second season providing vegetable seeds to library card holders for their gardens! No return necessary, of course! But, they'd appreciate some of the seeds harvested this fall and returned to the Seed Library to dispense next year!
It was such fun visiting with the people (and families) attending the event, which included a few fun activities and snacks along with opportunities to talk gardening while exploring other opportunities to learn more about gardening in our community! They were making seed bombs to take home and drop in the snow now to have some native flowers this summer, and many were taking home some oat grass planted to watch grow right now! The cinnamon rolls made with beets in the dough were not only beautiful but very yummy!
Volunteers had packaged up 9,500 packets of seeds to distribute, which included a wide selection of veggies! It was a steady stream of checking out seeds for over two hours! This is the season to start seeds for tomatoes, peppers, etc. and make plans for the rest of the garden! These seeds will be available until they are gone this spring!
Our garden club is a supporter so we were there to promote our club and activities while chatting with people about their gardens! Definitely a fun afternoon I plan to do it again next year!
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| I am the one with the gray hair! |
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