The plants that we nurtured all summer are now yielding seeds as well as their last lingering flowers. This message links to a fine article about Fall gardening by Mark Cullen. It then asks you to help Angela Miles compile a list of seeds available and wished-for. The photo gallery shows this year’s seeds along with the flowers they will re-create next year.
READING: Your Garden has Seeds and Plants You Can Grow Next Year
An excerpt: Do you like getting stuff for free? And do you like doing your part to help the environment? If the answer is yes to either or both questions, we have news for you: This is your time. September and October are the perfect months to propagate the many perennial plants that grow in our gardens. If you do not have a garden, there are opportunities for you to gather seeds now from native perennials, and some annuals, to share with people who do have gardens.
REMINDER: Autumn Seed Exchange
Angela Miles is gathering a list of people who have seeds to share and people who are seeking particular seeds to sprinkle on the ground this fall, to start inside in the depth of winter, or to plant in the ground next spring.
Because people will use the list to contact each other individually, she can include seeds you won’t have until later.
And she can list seeds that you aren’t planning to harvest for yourself but will have in abundance and can make available "by arrangement" for others to gather from your garden.
Also let her know what seeds you would like to have for planting now or later!
Please e-mail Angela Miles at angela.miles@utoronto.ca (subject line AUTUMN SEEDS) by Oct 15 with
- your name and preferred contact e-mail and/or phone number
- the particular seed varieties you will have to offer or are seeking.
And then enjoy the seed-harvesting joys of autumn!
PHOTOS: Also about Seeds
Trees are starting their autumn displays, but garden beds may not be at their best – unless you’re looking for seeds. That can include seeds for show like those of the firethorn shrub, or seeds for eating like tomatoes and beans, or seeds that can be gathered and dried to provide a future season of flowers.
This week’s photos are realistic, showing brown leaves and withered stems along with bright fall colours, showy flowers, and alluring seeds. They come from Angela Miles, Margaret Procter, and Regine Schmid. (Please send more fall photos to gardeners@harbordvillage.com for a final gardening-season eblast towards the end of October.)
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Angela Miles is gathering a list of people who have seeds to share and people who are seeking particular seeds to sprinkle on the ground this fall, to start inside in the depth of winter, or to plant in the ground next spring.
