Workshops for Peterborough Seedy Sunday 2013

Workshop #1 at 1:30pm
Seed Saving 101 with Kate Green of USC-Canada
Are you interested in becoming a seed saver or learning more about the craft? This workshop is aimed towards beginners, but everyone can participate & learn the basics needed to plant & maintain a seed garden this season, and get growing your own seeds!
Warning: Seed saving can become very addictive!


Workshop #2 at 3:00pm

Organic Gardening and Composting - Yes You Can! 

with Robin Tench of EarthWorks Eco-Gardening 

Yes you can! grow yummy healthy food, gorgeous flowers, and a lush lawn WITHOUT using chemicals!

With a lifetime of experience in successful organic growing, Robin will take you through the gardening season and offer tips, techniques, and recipes for gardening and composting the way Nature intended!

Featuring Robin's working worms!

Seedy Sunday 2012 photos

Here's some shots of last year's Seedy Sunday .... 

George St. United Church in the morning before the whole day got started

 eager shoppers stocking up on seeds

 urbantomato booth

The following photos courtesy of Julie Morris @cupcakeJu 

Peterborough Seedy Sunday 2013

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

• Terra Edibles
• Les Bowser – Cedar Grove
• Green-Side-Up Environmental Services
• Heritage Seed & Produce – Kingston
• Greta’s Organics
• Urbantomato seeds
• Mountain Grove Seed Company
• Earth Works - Robin Tench (worms & compost) 
• Cottage Gardener
• Urban Harvest 
• Peterborough Field Naturalists
• Ann Brown - The Plant Lady! 

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

• Peterborough Community Garden Network
• Seeds of Diversity Canada
• By the Bushel Food Cooperative 
• Transition town
• Millbrook Community Garden
• USC- Canada
• Ashburnham Community Garden
• Peterborough Gleaning Program
• LETS
• Eco-Stewards
• Master Gardeners/ Horticultural Society
• Peterborough City-County Health Unit
• YWCA- Food Action Programs 
• Nourish 

Workshops: 

Seed Saving 101 with Kate Green from USC- Canada 

Organic Gardening and Composting - Yes You Can! 

Yes you can! grow yummy healthy food, gorgeous flowers, and a lush lawn WITHOUT using chemicals!

With a lifetime of experience in successful organic growing, Robin will take you through the gardening season and offer tips, techniques, and recipes for gardening and composting the way Nature intended!

Featuring Robin's working worms!

Seedy Sunday 2013!

I am sorry that it has been such a ridiculously long time since I last posted!! 

I return with exciting news. Announcing Seedy Sunday 2013! 

 Which poster do you like best?

making smoked paprika

 cold nights mean its time to pick my peppers. i had a whole whack of alma paprika's

 first step? remove all the seeds & set them aside to dry on a screen 

 next: cut all stem & excess seed material from peppers 

then, give them to your awesome friend who puts them in his smoker & to dry. 

mmm. they smell amazing even at this stage

next. grind up the dried peppers & amazing, you have smoked paprika 

last big harvest

 some roots pulled for thanksgiving dinner! 

 picked lots of green tomatoes & peppers 

 roots & peppers 

more harvest shots

 first potato picks 

 gorgeous cherry tomatoes going to local restaurants

 basket for local restaurant 

october in the seed garden

 covering up for frost protection 

 summer squash putting out last little fruits 

 orca beans going to seed 

 nasturtiums are looking gorgeous 

 Harvest 

Peppers

 I picked a whack of peppers in anticipation of a cold weekend! 

Saving Seeds & Making Salsa

 Tomato bounty season means finding lots of way to eat tomatoes. 

I have been picking my tomatoes & doing my best to preserve them. 

I squeeze out all the tomato seeds into labelled jars & set them aside to ferment

then boil down the rest of the tomatoes to make my own salsa! 

add delicious peppers, onions, garlic, vinegar & heat! 

pantries getting stocked