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OUR SEED LIBRARY

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Page 1: Our seed library

OUR SEED LIBRARY

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A NATIONWIDE MOVEMENT

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Why a seed library?

• Preserve heirlooms and increase diversity

• Fight against GMO seeds and corporate control

• Promote varieties that are best adapted to our area

• Build a learning community

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Seeds We HaveEdible• Snap green beans (bush)• Garbanzo beans• Georgia streak heirloom tomatoes• Cantaloupe• Purple-hulled cow peas• Watermelon• Asian long beans• Oaxacan corn• Chile peppers• Scarlet runner beans (pole)• Kentucky wonder beans (pole)• A variety of seeds packaged for long-

term storage• Chili peppers (several kinds)• Yellow-fleshed watermelons• Georgia collards• Black Texas sorghum• White Sonoran wheat

• Broom com sorghum• Rocky Ford green muskmelon• California Buckeye cow peas• Simpson lettuce• Bisbee Red cow peas• Nantes carrots• Honeydew• Red moon and stars watermelon• Purple top white globe turnip• Yellow moon and stars watermelon• Asian yard long beans• Fava beans

Non-Edible• Hyacinth beans • Eastern gamma grass• Red yucca• Red amaranth• Barrel cactus• Gaillardia

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Join Us

• Email sign-up • Monthly meetings• On the web:

http://ourseedlibrary.wikispaces.com• Get some seeds from the library• Grow something!

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WISDOM FROM OUR MEMBERS