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State of the Seedshed
This year, we turned to the wisdom of the cooperative to offer our State of the Seedshed. We reached out to four growers of Snake River Seed Co-op located in Northern and Southern Idaho, and Utah. The wealth of wisdom shared with us for this article will continue to inform upcoming articles. It's a good thing too because things just got even more complicated in the food world.
Costs for wheat, corn, high-fructose corn syrup, and sunflower oil are expected to rise. Fuel costs are also reaching record-breaking highs, averaging at $4.17 per gallon nationally in the past week. Locally grown food is becoming more appealing by the day.
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Thinking Like A Wildflower
With so much of our human world in chaos right now, it feels like a good time to explore the world through the eyes of a wildflower, to give ourse... -
Special Delivery
This week I received several deliveries of seeds from seed folk near and far. Admittedly, this has been an emotional year for me. I have been ques... -
The Symphony of the Seed, Part 4: The Sleeping of the Seed
Even on the darkest days of winter, after the leaves have let go and the skeletons of trees shiver against the cold, life continues. As humans hunk... -
The Symphony of the Seed, Part III: The Squirrelling of the Seed
What are we gonna do with all these tomatoes?! The crescendo of summer's relentless light and heat comes to a climax in dripping, swollen fruits... -
Symphony of the Seed, Part II: The Spawning of the Seed
As our end of the Earth tips closer to the sun and the frost migrates southward, the gardeners among us begin transplanting our coddled babies outs... -
Symphony of the Seed, Part 1: The Sprouting of the Seed
At first, the process is intimate. You, alone in your greenhouse, bundled up against the cold, seeding alliums. Outside the window, the world is st...
