Seed Saving Blog

Urban Farm Podcast – Seed Chats & Classes

Bill McDorman joins Greg Peterson for a educational chat and answer a few questions

— 2021 —

• Where, When, and How to Start Saving Seeds (584)

— 2020 —

• Current Status of World Seeds, Utility Patents, and Community-Based Seed Systems (552)
• Difficult Seeds to Save, How to Avoid Cross-Pollination, and Creating a Self-Reinforcing Breeding System (549)
• Gardening Hacks, Hybrid Seeds, Natural Seed Saving Methods, and Having Fun Making a Mess in the Garden (566)
• Highlights of Seed Saving Topics from The Year, From Proper Seed Storage to Seed Viability, and Why Plants Thrive Better from Saved Seeds (580)
• Seed Catalogs, Sourcing Local Seeds, and Building Community (521)
• Seed Diversity, The Value of Farm Direct Seeds, Building Regional Relationships, and Seed Adaptation (563)
• Seed Health and Your Health, Resurrecting Ancient Grains, and How Saving Seeds Creates a Healthy Community (571)
• Seed Hoarding, Providing Seeds to a Community in Times of Need, and More About Seed Resilience  (544)
• Starting Seeds, Things to Consider, and The Number One Reason Seeds Don’t Sprout (529)
• Various Seed Exchange Resources, Finding Heirloom Seeds, Supporting Organizations, and How to Connect People to Local Seed Sources (559)

— 2019 —

• Extreme Seed Saving, How Normal Temperatures Affect Plant Pollination, and Adapting for Temperature  (BE29)
• Genetic Modification, The Current Advances, and What it Means for our Food, The Truth Behind Scientific Studies, and Hand Pollination (BE31)
• Growing from Seed, Growing for Seed, and Why Seeds are so Important in Changing Times (BE27)
• Highlights from The 2019 Seed Summit (BE25)
• Seed Catalog Season, Favorite Seed Catalogs and How to Recognize the Best Ones, and What the Terminology in the Catalogs Mean (512)
• Seed School, How to Become a Teacher, and Allowing Plants to go to Seed (BE28)
• The Art of Saving Your Own Seeds, The Challenges, How to Harvest, Thresh and Clean Seeds on a Small Scale (BE30)
• The Global Seed Situation, Plant Patents, Advanced Methods for Creating New Plants, Why Seed Saving is More Important Than Ever, and More (BE32)
• The Importance of Wild Crop Relatives and The Importance of Biodiversity (BE24)
• Why We Save Seeds, How to Start, How to Store Seeds, Cross-Pollination, and Plant Diversity (BE26)

— 2018 —

• A Market Explosion of Heritage Grains That Are Changing The Way We Eat and Bake (BE18)
• Glass Gem Corn and More (BE22)
• Grain School, Original Peanuts of South Carolina, Inspiring Gardeners, and Broccoli in Alaska (BE14)
• Patents, Descriptions, Regional Adaptation, and Open Sourced Seeds (BE15)
• Seed Names, Medicinal Plants, Plant Knowledge, and Landrace Seeds (BE21)
• Seed Sourcing, Hybrids, Sharing Seeds, and Testing Root Crops (BE16)
• Sourcing Seeds and Selecting Seeds That Can Help You Feel Confident in Your Selections (BE20)
• The Seed Paradigm and Seed History (BE23)
• Why Don’t We Always Know Where Our Seeds Come From (BE19)
• Wild Seeds, Native Seeds, Noxious Weeds, and More (BE17)

— 2017 —

• An In Depth Discourse on Grains and Corns, An Ancient Potato, Grain Trials, and Becoming a Seed Steward (BE13)
• Motivational Quotes, Adjusting for New Weather Norms, and Coming Back from Gardening Disasters (BE11)
• Running a Seed Business: Growing Seeds, Germination, Testing & Maintaining Seeds  (BE5)
• Seed Saving Principles, Intellectual Property Rights, Seed Saving Policy, and History (BE9)
• Seed School Online, de-hybridization, seed patents, and more (BE2)
• Seed School Teacher Training, Seed Saving Principles List, Disaster Planning, and Breeding Program Preparation (BE7)