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    Suzanne Ashworth ist eine pädagogische Administratorin, deren Leidenschaft für das Gärtnern ihre Freizeit und ihren weitläufigen Garten in Beschlag nimmt. Sie widmet ihre Arbeit der Unterstützung der Seed Savers Exchange, einer Organisation, die sich auf genetische Erhaltung konzentriert. Diese Gruppe umfasst 8.000 Mitglieder, die zusammenarbeiten, um alte Sorten von Gemüse, Obst, Getreide, Blumen und Kräutern zu erhalten und zu verbreiten und so das Überleben dieser kostbaren Pflanzenlinien zu sichern.

    The Oberon Anthology of Contemporary American Plays: Volume Two
    Seed to Seed
    • Seed to Seed

      • 320 Seiten
      • 12 Lesestunden
      4,2(1762)Abgeben

      Seed to Seed is a complete seed-saving guide that describes specific techniques for saving the seeds of 160 different vegetables. This book contains detailed information about each vegetable, including its botanical classification, flower structure and means of pollination, required population size, isolation distance, techniques for caging or hand-pollination, and also the proper methods for harvesting, drying, cleaning, and storing the seeds.Seed to Seed is widely acknowledged as the best guide available for home gardeners to learn effective ways to produce and store seeds on a small scale. The author has grown seed crops of every vegetable featured in the book, and has thoroughly researched and tested all of the techniques she recommends for the home garden.This newly updated and greatly expanded Second Edition includes additional information about how to start each vegetable from seed, which has turned the book into a complete growing guide. Local knowledge about seed starting techniques for each vegetable has been shared by expert gardeners from seven regions of the United States-Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast/Gulf Coast, Midwest, Southwest, Central West Coast, and Northwest.

      Seed to Seed
    • The second volume in this series brings together some of the best new writing from contemporary American playwrights. Each play is introduced by critically acclaimed writers themselves. THE EDGE OF OUR BODIES by Adam Rapp, Introduced by AM Homes, follows a teenage girl Bernadette who has to grow up quickly when she discovers she is pregnant. THE COWARD by Nick Jones, introduced by Marsha Norman, is an absurdist comedy set in 18th century England. Lucidus initiates a pistol duel, but when he finds he'll have to fight the son of the man he challenged, he doesn't want to go through with it. His plot to avoid the duel creates more trouble. THE BOOK OF GRACE by Suzan-Lori Parks, introduced by Oskar Eustis, portrays a dysfunctional American family, where anger and mistrust are symptoms of historical abuse. WHAT ONCE WE FELT by Ann Marie Healy, introduced by Paula Vogel, is set in a mysterious parallel universe, where Macy is the last ever author to be published in print, the system has an underclass named the Tradepack, and a woman can only have a baby if she possesses the right kind of 'scan card'.

      The Oberon Anthology of Contemporary American Plays: Volume Two