urbantomato

Find us in our new home! www.urbantomato.ca

You can now buy urbantomato seeds on-line

Loads of information on growing & saving heirloom seeds & why you should do it. as always lots of pictures of my gardens & harvests too.

see you there!

Seedy Sunday 2014

Seedy Sunday 2014!

Peterborough's Annual Seed Exchange

Sunday March 9th 1-5pm

George St. United Church
FREE

Seedy Sunday is the perfect place to get inspired for Spring. Come out to get all the knowledge, tools, and resources needed to get growing this season. There will be an incredible diversity of vegetables, flowers, and herbs available for sale, as well as a plethora of community groups showcasing the great work they do, informative hands-on workshops and the ever popular Seed Exchange Area where you can trade seed with other gardeners & learn more about seed saving.

Come and buy seeds (& other fab stuff) from these great vendors:

New vendors this year:

Learn some great stuff from or find out how to be involved with these community groups:

Check out more pictures from last years event

seed swappers checking out the selection at a past Seedy Sunday

ECHO Global Farms

ECHO empowers small-scale farmers to increase their harvests, and the nutritional diversity of their crops. We educate, equip and share sustainable solutions to hunger!

I went to visit my mom for the holidays. Luckily for me (especially considering back home in Canada now amid a three day frigid cold snap!), she lives in Fort Myers Florida. It was nice and warm there. I got to visit farmers' markets, sit in the sun, expose my pale pale skin, shop for cheap designer shoes & hang with my mom & brother. I have done this for many years.

This year, I discovered that there was a very cool farm located quite close to where my mom stays. Echo Farm is a pretty amazing place. We toured through test sites for crops that mimic climate zones all over the world, particularly places that are struggling with famine and starvation. "For over 30 years, ECHO has been helping thousands around the world to better access vital information and other resources needed to improve food production and security for small farmers and gardeners"

lush greenery & companion planting demos.

test growing many global crops such as amaranth

giant hot pepper plant! this is what happens when you don't have annual frosts

didn't get the chance to learn too many details about this water system. will have to go back to learn more

lush greens growing in a shady tropical environment

i enjoyed the entire tour, but was extra excited by & interested by the urban farm garden area. so many interesting concepts & successfully growing plants.

some cool ideas in the urban garden demonstration area

loads of veggies growing in tires, cinder blocks, eaves & more

greens in eaves

urban growing test site

There were so many beautiful crops growing and blooming (in Decemeber!), they were saving seeds, and helping farmers grow more food. my kinda place :)

asparagus winged pea

Check out their site, donate if you can, I will be back next year to volunteer some time.

cactus looks like abstract art

Seedy Sunday 2014 - March 9th

Seedy Sunday 2014!

Peterborough's Annual Seed Exchange

Sunday March 9th 1-5pm

George St. United Church

More information coming soon!

Check out pictures from last years event

Focus Fair - This Weekend!

Would you like to pick up some heirloom seeds for seasonal presents? How about choosing from a whole bunch of local artists with unique gift ideas? Join us for Focus Fair this Saturday & Sunday at the Spill Cafe!

For more information & links to the artists websites, check out our facebook event or follow #focusfair on Twitter

If you can't make it out this weekend, you can also pick up urbantomato seeds at Avante Garden, GreenUP store or send me an email

Largest Seed Exchange in the World! Greece

I think i am going to have a find a way to head here for research!

Seed Saving Saturday

dried hot peppers: makes collecting the seeds a lot less painful

gorgeous sunflower

pretty phenomenal that one seed can turn into so many more .... and this is only one of the heads that came one sunflower seed. seed saving is magical and addictive