Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Upcoming Events, Sept 9th and 11th


Upcoming Events
September – MONDAY, September 9th, 6:30pm – How to Save Seeds
Learn how to save vegetable, herb and native plants seeds. Seed Talks are community involved discussions on a particular subject. Come share your own experiences and learn from others. This is for experienced and non-experienced people and all those in between.  

September – Wednesday, September 11th, 5pm seed packaging
No experience needed.  Easy to do and fun! Enjoy talking to your fellow gardeners while helping our Seed Library. Treats provided!

October – Tuesday, October 8th, 6:30 pm – Putting Your Garden to bed
What should you do before Old Man Winter comes? Learn how to take care of your garden while it rests over the winter. What you can do to help make next year’s garden even better.


WANTED – SEEDS!!!!

The Seed Library is down to only 400 packets of seeds. So far in 2019, over 2,200 packets of seeds have found new homes. Every year we increase the number of packets finding new homes, so we need lots of seeds for the 2020 season as well as native plants seeds for this fall.
Please save your seeds of non-hybrid, open-pollinated beans, peas, lettuce, sweet peppers, tomatoes, annuals and native plant seeds!
If you are unable to save seeds from your own harvest, please donate a commercial packet of appropriate seeds. Here’s a place to get seeds for our Seed Library or your own garden!
Seed Saver’s Exchange Sale, Up to 50% off seeds. Sale goes until 9/7/2019
There are many seed companies that sell open-pollinated or heirloom seeds. A few are listed here:



EVENTS
YMCA Harvest Festival, Sunday Sept 22, Noon-3pm
The White Bear Lake YMCA is having a festival. Food grown locally and prepared by a local chef is available starting at noon. The Seed Library will be there with free seeds and a fun game. See the following for more information:


UMN Organic Open House, Thursday, Sept 19, 2019, 4-6 pm
Stop by for a chance to hear about innovative organic growing practices and talk with researchers about current organic and sustainable agriculture research. Growers, students, researchers, and community members are invited to attend. These events are FREE & open to the public. 
Note: It says it is an open house, but it really is a tour that starts at 4pm. Though you can come at any time during 4-6pm.

Concurrent with the UMN Organic Open House will be a field day on summer cover crop mixes and how they can be used to improve soil health and fertility on your farm. Come learn about a variety of flowering summer cover crop options and summer cover crop research taking place at the University of Minnesota. Field day is supported by a Minnesota Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grant.

Location: Cornercopia Organic Farm on the UMN St. Paul Campus, Intersection of Lindig St & Dudley Ave.

Parking is available in the Gortner Ave Ramp, 1395 Gortner Avenue, St. Paul, MN, 55108.
More info contact:
Anne Pfeiffer
Organic Program Associate
University of MN/Grossman Lab
436 Alderman Hall, 1970 Folwell Ave, St. Paul, MN 55108
apfeiffe@umn.edu

Ramsey Master Gardener Classes
See details of classes at: www.ramseymastergardeners.com

Contact info for the Seed Library:





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