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I received this event poster in my email the other day. All the info about the Seedy Saturday event in Creston for 2012. As usual it is at the New Life Christian Church just east of the high school on Elm in their basement. There will be seeds to trade, pick up and to purchase. Local farmers are encouraged to bring in their products as well. There is no charge to get in as there is no

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Hubby knows me well. He knows I'd gaze at seed catalogues for weeks dreaming and never actually finish any sort of plan till it is too late. He set a deadline. Today. Seed order must be in today. So last night...I restricted myself to three companies that we have gotten good seed from before:- Heritage Harvest in Manitoba, because if it can grow there it's going to love it here! Tanya and her

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And we did finally harvest our seeds.The descriptions won't be ready for a while but I can give you a basic list of what we should have available at the Seedy Saturday event and at the Spring Farmers' Market.Tomatoes:Black CherryUncle Joe's GlamourPerronKalinkaBisonEarly Annies'Black KrimAmish PasteFerris WheelTante Bethe's PinksScotiaPietroboniHeinz 1439Tante Bethe's PasteBlack PrincePolish

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I wake up in the morning and what do I see...It is that time again, Farmers' Market Season is here!We did a booth featuring our lettuce and bean seeds as well as some extra tomato transplants. Here is dd Kait with df Karine, who sheltered us from the rain in her baking booth.Helpful children were helpful. Happy children were happy.Happy customers were happy too.Nothing like scoring some heritage

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I have a seed problem, they started out so small and cute. Then they grew. And needed more space. Oh my.It wouldn't really be a problem but it has been SO cold and our last frost date is a good month away yet.This year's tomato seedlings are not going to be seedlings by the time they can be planted out. I'll be lucky if they aren't fruiting at this rate. That's what I get for forgoing the

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Our local town council does not currently allow for chickens or for bees. We would like to see that change. So if you are from Creston BC and would like to join us in this endeavor let us know!You can leave a comment, and/or join the Facebook group, 'Creston Urban Chickens & Bees' and let's get Creston flowing with eggs and honey ;-)

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The Kootenay Local Agricultural Society will be hosting its AGM at the COTR greenhouse classroom, Sunday March 27 from 1-3pm. I've been asked to bring the seeds and set up a table at the after-meeting open house. For more information see the KLAS website.

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In keeping with our low-carbon mandate we loaded up the bike trailer and headed off to Seedy Saturday. So much more pleasant to stroll along pushing the bike chatting with my eldest daughter than to rush off in the van, parking is easier too.We got our two tables all set up and were thrilled to be beside Dan McMurray. He had a couple ideas for us and we traded a few seeds before the doors were

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We are hard at work getting ready for Seedy Saturday day after next. Thank heavens for children who are curious and hard working :o) They find this quite interesting. Here three of them are busy picking through the beans seed by seed making sure each one is lovely. When we say our seeds are Hand Processed we really mean it.All of the beans are being offered loose, the tomato seeds and lettuce

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We had a little photo shoot with the bean seeds today. Eventually we'll have a colour catalogue but until that far off day...Cannellini (pole):Pea Bean (pole):Fortex Fillet (green pole): Pencil Pod Black Wax (yellow bush):Stokkeivits (pole):Black Coco (bush):Soep Boon (bush):Contender (green bush):Ruckle (bush): Ethiopian Lentils (bush):

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After a very busy year the seeds are in, cleaned, sorted, and ready to go. To see our listing of what is available CLICK HERE.Orders can be emailed, or you can check us out at Seedy Saturday on March 11th 1-4 pm at the New Life Christian Church, 1821 Elm Street.Off to do some more garden planning.....

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I have left a little space, thinking carrots, maybe something overwintering, maybe..... The boys however had definite plans, Tonka trucks. While it was nice of them to only dig in the unplanted bits with trucks and shovels... they weren't paying attention to their feet. There were a couple bean fatalities to the rear. Final tally for plantingTomatoes.:Yellow Brandywine:..:Black Krim:..:Sicilian

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Developed in CrestonVery recommended for overwintering plantingsSeemed to bolt easily in the heatCode L8

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Not in head yetCode L7

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Code L6

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Code L9

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Code L5

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Code L4

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Code L3

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Code L2

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Code L1

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Dabbling in the garden, still afraid of a frost so I'm taking it slowly. Today I set out the seedlings for 4 different lettuces, 9 plants of each. These are the start of the hopefully 10 lettuce varieties I'm growing out for seed. So far we have:.:blushing butter oakleaf:..:tom thumb mini-butterhead:..:great lakes 659:..:black-seeded simpson:. They aren't ready for a photo shoot yet, so no

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Today I had the pleasure of presenting Itty Bitty Seeds at the May meeting of the Creston Valley Food Action Coalition. This is the group that organizes the Harvest Share program, Creston Farm Fresh Guide, and now the Farmer's Market. This is the place for information on the grain CSA's as well. Their website is new and already chockful of handy information. If you want to learn about the

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I'm up to 14 different varieties of tomatoes seedlings! Two of these are heritage varieties that aren't available commercially that my MIL picked up at a seed exchange in Salmon Arm. Also a couple, three or so, heritage varieties that I got from Dan McMurray in Wynndel. We are quite looking forward to seeing how all these turn out! I did a head count, we have 144 tomato seedlings. Yikes! I just

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I've been experimenting with various potting soils, purchased top soils, seeding mediums, and good old homegrown compost to see which does the best job for starting seedlings. I started 3 trays with 1 being straight store bought topsoil, 1 tray 1/2 topsoil and 1/2 homemade compost, and the final tray pure homegrown goodness. Two weeks into growing this was the result:Pure compost is on the far

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Bit busy starting seeds, 10 varieties of tomatoes, 4 trays of onions, and various brassicas are now in the greenhouse during the days. We are trying a variety of different mediums in the seed trays; purchased topsoil, seed starting mix, plain ole homemade compost, and a blend of compost/topsoil. The thought is to lessen our dependence on purchased materials, can we start our seeds in something we

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If you bought or bartered seeds from us you'll be interested in viewing our 2010 Seed Table. The descriptions for all the varieties as well as maturity dates are included. Tips for a great gardening year:Mulch wellWeed & water regularlyAlways put your tomato cages in place the day you plantAs the year progresses we will be posting photos of our gardens, developing individual pages for each

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Welcome to Itty Bitty Seeds! We're glad you are able to join us here.About Us...We started off as market gardeners sending off massive seed orders each year to supply our needs. We tried to find a local seed supplier, 100 mile seeds anyone?? We didn't find one so we took the plunge and started saving our own. We went from a linear year of purchase, grow, sell, and repeat to a more natural rhythm,

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