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Growers Needed!

About this time of year I take a look at my handy dandy database of seeds in the bank and organize them all by when they were last grown out. Ever since I sat down and took the several hours to translate everything I had 

Happy Birthday Populuxe Seed Bank!

It’s kind of strange to think that two years ago today I decided to start my own little seed bank. I had the idea in my head for months before hand, but it was January 9th, 2008 that I actually started putting it all together. 

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Oh, I’ve been a busy bee over here in seed bank land. Lots of things to do since getting the seeds, and lots of updates are needed to this website to reflect said changes. The seeds are currently going through germination testing and should be 

The Seeds Are Here!

So on this eve of Christmas eve, I just wanted to post a quick update (and photographic evidence!) that the seeds – all of them – including the new additions for 2010 are home safe and sound. The next week or so I’ll be cataloguing, 

STOW: Week 3

Did you know that you can readily request seeds from most government-run seed banks? Canada and the US in particular will ship outside their borders, and as long as it doesn’t violate any laws within your country. Read the how-to I created for the Seedchat.com 

The Seeds Are Coming

I know, I’ve been saying it for about three months now, but after a very, very long wait, the seeds are finally coming from their old home in the Kootenays to their new home here on the warm west coast (seriously warm – a week