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Comment on 7th Annual WINTER GARDENING WORKSHOP this Saturday!! by Tim Murphy

Tim Murphy — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:59:35 +0000

Sorry if this is not a post as such, but I am a very old friend of Nick Routledge’s from aeons ago in London. Indeed he stayed at my house just before he went off the grid, so to speak.
Could you please give him a message from me? Could you please tell him that I wanted to remind him of Confucious’ old saying that ‘the toothless budgerigar is a very wise bird, because it always succeeds..’ (laugh)
Please pass on a cyberspace hug and love from me.

Many thanks,
Tim Murphy

Comment on Land of Latvia by bloomsoft4

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Comment on Seed Saving Zine – 3rd Edition by picaro

picaro — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:14:02 +0000

hey! just wondering when/if there is one in print format as i would love to get a copy! cheers
ps. this is wicked!

Comment on Seed Swaps for Everyone by TSC

TSC — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:25:04 +0000

I can’t wait. I have been talking about the seed exchange all year. It’s a fantastic way to cap off the start of spring gardening. I love the chaos. Chaos can be freeing! After all, it’s purposeful chaos. Thank you!

Taj

Comment on Dottenfelder-hof by Marcia

Marcia — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:30:45 +0000

Thanks for putting all this info on line. I’m a brazilian biodynamic farmer in Chile. Our biodynamic association is preparing a visit to seed producers in Germany, France and Switzerland and it was very helpful to read your blog.
Our core group is shaping the first Biodynamic Seed Producers Association of Chile.
Congratulations for the Seed Embassadors’s work.
We’ll be very glad to be your hosts in Chile.

Comment on We’ve moved! by Madeline McKeever

Madeline McKeever — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:20:53 +0000

Congratualtions, great move. I am excited for you. And, your website looks fabulous. I will be definitely be ordering. Enjoy the holidays, lots of love to you both.

Comment on Romania intel by Nick Routledge

Nick Routledge — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:09:59 +0000

So far this is our Tentative Agenda:
1. Friday, Feb 1: Arrive in Turda, settle in, strategy meeting
2. Saturday, Feb 2: Village Visits:
a. Mihi Viteazul,
b. second village TBA
3. Sunday, Feb 3: Touring local sites, salt mine, outdoor vegetable market, etc.
4. Monday, Feb 4: Meeting with the 3 offices that comprise the Ministry of Agriculture in Cluj
a. Agriculture University
b. Directia Agricola
c. Centrul de Colsultanta
5. Tuesday, Feb 5: Activities in Turda proper:
a. Visit to Turda seed breeding center
b. Visit and talk at Turda’s agriculture high school
c. Networking meeting at the Center for Democracy with all local agriculturally related NGOs
6. Wednesday, Feb 6: Village Visits:
a. Cornesti
b. Second village TBA
7. Thursday, Feb 7: Village Visits:
a. Viisoara and local food lunch prepared by villagers
b. second village TBA
8. Friday, Feb 9: celebration of accomplishments and networking event open to farmers, NGOs, US Peace Corps, press, and local government
a. press conference
b. slow food dinner
9. Saturday, Feb 9: Seed Ambassador’s depart for Bucharest

Comment on Say Hello! by pepelepete

pepelepete — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:43:51 +0000

Yo!You! You Guys! Hi.

Hello my wisping friends in the far reaches of the countryside… I welcome you home with the interest of all of us vicarious people! Your travel sounds very attractive and laborous. I am sitting in Portland checking you out. I brought some saffron seed home from S.America! see i save em too! Come try my Dopplebock when you can, it just came back to life and is headed for the finishline. Nadia and Eliana misses you too! Keep on making history and connections internationally! Your friend and lover(opps) Pedro

Comment on Sativa Rheinau part two: Breeding Projects and More by Nick Routledge

Nick Routledge — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:20:17 +0000

I’m very much struck by Herr Friedermann’s insights into Red Rubine. Just a couple of weeks ago I was talking with one of the very few winter CSA farmers in the Pacific Northwest about our experience with Red Rubine. Both of us have grown this 3-4 times in an attempt to make it work – and have given up. Now I understand why our efforts were so fruitless. It really is a telling insight into seed company practices that this crop is still being distributed and sold in its current genotype. My suspicion is that no seed oompany offering this variety has trialed it in many a year.

As per Herr Friedermann’s mention of inbreeding bottlenecks, I’m curious to solicit further opinion about this. I know that independent breeders working with other crops with severe inbreeding depression such as corn have hands-on experiences which tell them that received opinion about the nature of bottlenecks (aka genetics as it is currently taught and understood) simply do not hold true in many instances. And I seem to recall hearing something fascinating along these lines out of the wozzit? University of Illinois corn breeding program – where a tiny handful of seed provided a rock solid foundation for ever-improving accessions through the decades. But perhaps bottleneck in cultivated landraces and bottlenecks in highly bred cultivars are altogether two very different things. I wonder if Carol Deppe has an opinion on this.

Your postings contain extremely useful intelligence, Sarah.

Comment on Say Hello! by Matt

Matt — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:21:19 +0000

Hi you guys!
Just sitting here at work at United Natural Foods Rocklin checking out your site. Cool stuff! Have fun in Europe.
Your long lost cousin,
Matt