Comments on Northern Gardeners Almanac What's happening in northern gardens: Seeds

Tina- That's great, I hope you like them. Mar...

2012-02-02T06:38:41.016-08:00

Tina- That's great, I hope you like them.

Marguerite- I sure it will go on for years and I'd be surprised if GMO seeds (F1 hybrids) were banned. We the consumer need to keep buying and saving our own heritage seeds. This year I'm going to try saving tomatoes seeds and peas. And seeds from the some of the carrots I left in the garden over winter :) I always try to save some potatoes for next year.

Andrea- I'm sure there are some farmers who run large agribusinesses in Canada and the US who like Monsantos roundup resistant crops. And I bet they have a bigger say in what will happen than the small farmers who are protesting them.

Melanie, i am glad you wrote this article, only a ...

2012-02-01T17:11:05.620-08:00

Melanie, i am glad you wrote this article, only a very few people know about that. It is good that farmers in advance countries like yours have the courage and willingness to fight the giants, it might be the other way in our circumstances. We might suffer from erosion of genetic resources if big commercial farms already succumbed to the lure of profit.

I've never heard of the safe seed resource lis...

2012-02-01T15:45:15.055-08:00

I've never heard of the safe seed resource list before but was pleasantly surprised to find the tomato seeds I just bought came from a company on that list (Heritage harvest seed in Manitoba). I'm a bit shocked to find the Monsanto case is still before the courts. It feels like this has been dragging on forever and in the meantime fields are being contaminated by the day.

I am trying out heirloom seeds for the first time ...

2012-01-31T19:48:30.808-08:00

I am trying out heirloom seeds for the first time this year. I received a bunch courtesy of Seeds of change. I can't wait to see how they perform.