Cohen, Bevin.
Summary: "Just a few generations ago we were a nation of seed savers because it was essential to our survival. Many of us have lost touch with this ancient practice, but the knowledge is still inside each and every one of us just waiting to be unlocked. As the demand for locally grown food increases, the demand for local seed is not far behind. After all, food is only as local as the seed that grows it....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Small House 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Jason, Dan
Summary: "Much of our food comes from seeds. But where do our seeds come from? And where are they going? For much of human history, farmers saved their own seed stocks to ensure a good harvest from year to year. In the mid-twentieth century, governments became involved in seed saving, creating massive seed libraries cataloguing thousands of varieties. This biodiversity has come under attack in recent...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harbour Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 631.5 JASJohn, Jory
Summary: "The bad seed is in a good mood...for once. That's because there's a really cool book at the library available for checkout. The bad seed reads, and reads, until the book can't be read anymore. But suddenly, he gets bad news: The book must be returned to the library so another seed can enjoy it. Will the bad seed return to his baaaaaad ways and keep the book?"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN JOHTeckentrup, Britta
Summary: It's early spring and below the earth's surface seeds are just starting to sprout. One by one they stretch through the dirt and towards the sun, extending their shoots and leaves and growing tall. All except for one seedling, who isn't quite ready. Each page of this gentle but powerfully evocative book demonstrates how some of us are different. As most of the seeds transform into strong...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prestel 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TECWarner, Katie
Summary: "First there was a seed. A tiny seed. A mustard seed. A seed with possibility..."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: TAN Books 2021
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Summary: A simple description of a flowering plant's life cycle through the seasons.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV TINCarle, Eric.
Summary: Shows the growth of a small seed that survives the winter cold to become a beautiful spring flower.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon Spotlight 2015
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE CARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE CARGhigna, Charles.
Summary: Simple rhyming text follows a child who plants flower seeds in a garden and loves to watch them grow.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Cohen, Bevin
Summary: "Seed activist Bevin Cohen takes a deep dive into the hows and whys of the modern seed saving movement. A great how-to guide, leading the reader step by step through the process of saving their seeds from 43 different crops; from adzuki beans to wheat and everything in between. Seed savers of all levels will benefit from Bevin's easy to follow explanations on important techniques such as hand...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Small House Farm 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 631.5 COHJohn, Jory
Summary: The Bad Seed is in a good mood...for once. That's because there's a really cool book at the library available for checkout. The Bad Seed reads, and reads, until the book can't be read anymore. But suddenly, he gets bad news: The book must be returned to the library so another seed can enjoy it. Will the bad seed return to his baaaaaad ways and keep the book? Pick up this really cool book to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Products, LLC 2023
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Summary: Covers all of the essential techniques- harvesting, drying, disease and pest control, testing and germinating, and sowing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alpha Books 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Rogers, Marc.
Summary: Saving seeds is a time-honored tradition that many gardeners are rediscovering. Anyone can become a successful seed saver - the only limitations are your time, space, and interest. And the benefits of growing and storing your own seeds are many. Detailed seed information for each vegetable and flower gives you everything you need to know about how to raise, harvest, and store seeds for a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Communications 1990
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.0421 ROGJeffery, Josie.
Summary: Presents a guide to seed saving and creating a seed bank, providing information on why seed banks are important, which seeds to swap and save, and how to get involved with the worldwide horticultural campaign to save seeds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roost Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 631.5 JEFRay, Janisse
Summary: Discusses the loss of fruit and vegetable varieties and the genetically modified industrial monocultures being used today, shares the author's personal experiences growing, saving, and swapping seeds, and deconstructs the politics and genetics of seeds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea Green Pub. 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 631.521 RAYBurns, Diane L.
Summary: Describes a variety of berries, nuts, and seeds that might be found on a nature walk and includes identification information.
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Publisher / Publication Date: NorthWord Press 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Nature Take BurnsCarle, Eric.
Summary: A simple description of a flowering plant's life cycle through the seasons.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Book Studio 1987
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: E CarCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CARCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE CARGough, Robert E. (Robert Edward)
Summary: A full-color resource explains how to gather, clean, and store seeds for three hundred different kinds of vegetables, fruits, herbs, flowers, trees, and shrubs, as well as how to propagate and care for new seedlings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Pub. 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 631.521 GOUHarrison, Lorraine
Contents: Growing the past, saving the future -- Keeping the tradition alive -- What is a heritage variety? -- Why grow heritage plants? -- Heritage plants & the law -- Mr. Etty's esteemed seed directory. The vegetable directory -- The fruit directory -- The herb directory -- The flower directory -- Glossary -- Seed suppliers & useful organizations.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ball Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635 HARJohn, Jory
Summary: This is a book about a bad seed. A baaaaaaaaaad seed. How bad? Do you really want to know? He has a bad temper, bad manners, and a bad attitude. He's been bad since he can remember! This seed cuts in line every time, stares at everybody and never listens. But what happens when one mischievous little seed changes his mind about himself, and decides that he wants to be'happy? With Jory John's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2018
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Summary: "Filled with advice for the home gardener and the more seasoned horticulturist alike, The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving provides straightforward instruction on collecting and saving seed from your favorite heirloom and open-pollinated plants. Seed Savers Exchange and the Organic Seed Alliance bring together decades of knowledge to demystify the time honored tradition of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seed Savers Exchange, Inc. 2015
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 631.5 COLPage, Robin
Summary: Every seed, big or small, needs sunlight, water, and an uncrowded place to put down roots. But how do seeds get to the perfect place to grow? This exploration of seed dispersal covers a wide range of seeds and the creatures that help them move, from a coconut seed floating on waves to an African grass seed rolled by a dung beetle, to a milkweed seed floating on the wind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 581.4 PAGPortis, Antoinette
Summary: "An educational picture book about the life cycle of a sunflower"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Neal Porter Books/Holiday House 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE PORCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PORCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE PORSchumerth, Cynthia
Summary: "Told through rhyming text, three generations of a gardening family work together to bring a backyard garden to full bloom, from planting to caretaking to harvesting"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SCHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SCHSummary: Contains 4 episodes that follow Ms. Frizzle and her class on their science adventures aboard the magic school bus.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Entertainment 2013