Suzanne Ashworth Bücher
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.
Seed to Seed
Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners, 2nd Edition
- 320 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
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.