Seed Savers meeting 17 August 2025

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Cardoon edging a fast growing winter crop of Mizuna – or ‘Japanese water greens’ – Brassica rapa var. niposinica.
Cardoon – the lesser known variety of Globe Artichoke grown for its stems.
Garlic greens from densely grown small garlic cloves can be picked all during winter and spring and sued to replace cloves while the main crop is growing.
Ripening Pepino fruit growing indoors during winter in a pot – Solanum muricatum – ‘Kendalls Gold’.
Pepino seedlings – Solanum muricatum – a from a commonly grown parent ‘Kendalls Gold’.
Passionfruit seedlings being started in mid winter to get a good start on the growing season.
Landcress – Barbarea verna
Landcress – Barbarea verna escaped onto pathway
Potatoes are starting to regrow

There is a lot happening in the cool garden at this time of the year as the winter slowly rolls over the mountains – (or in some cases very rapidly rolling). Suggestions for activities include planting all those seeds that you have accumulated and preparing for the burst of activity in September. It’s time to look at getting a head start on the food plants that need longer to establish by germinating them now inside. There are many plants that are frost tender that will enjoy the sun spots near your windows. Also there are a surprising number of food plants that will grow right through our ‘moderate’ winter and can handle the cold. This upcoming meeting we will be focussed again on the practical aspects of seed saving including harvesting, filtering/sieving and cleaning seeds along with packing and storage – and labelling. And as usual we will spend some time talking about the current seasonal planting and harvesting and swapping/packing seeds and swapping seedlings and cuttings between members.

It’s that time again!
This is just a quick reminder that the meeting for August 2025 of the Mid Blue Mountains SeedSavers is on at the Bullaburra Progress Hall this coming weekend.

Sunday 17 August 2025 from 10 am till Midday

Help celebrate the Blue Mountains Winter!

This meeting will be focussed on the practical aspects of seed saving including harvesting, filtering/sieving and cleaning seeds along with packing and storage.

Bring your plant material and seeds from this current season and we will discuss how to process them.

Come along and talk about growing things with like minded people.
Hope to see you there celebrating the current productive growing season!

The address for the Mid Blue Mountains Seedsavers website is:
https://midbluemountainsseedsavers.org/

We do now have a Facebook page as well:
https://www.facebook.com/Mid-Blue-Mountains-Seed-Savers-1629533990602860/

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