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| The seed library is a partnership between the Basalt Public Library and the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute. Seed packets encourage gardeners to write their names and take credit for their harvested seeds. Photo by Dylan Johna |
While we are waiting for spring, here is an interesting article in NPR. A library in Colorado is loaning seed packets. In return, the borrower will collect seeds from the best of his/her crop and donate them to the library to loan to another person. It is fascinating that in one generation of planting, those seeds will have the traits that could resist pests, droughts, etc. of that location. Here is the entire article.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/02/02/170846948/how-to-save-a-public-library-make-it-a-seed-bank
