Greetings,
The heirloom gardeners list at yahell has an anual seed swap, as well as a
seed bank. If you can collect seed this fall, wildcraft seed does
qualify. I had it easy, trumpet vine is a weed at my place, grows wild all
over but is expensive at the nursery. I found this an ecconomical way to
switch over to open pollenated seeds. There are also several other seed
swaps on the internet, this is where I got my oily black sunflower seeds.
I am patiently waiting for my corn to be ready, as well. I planted late as
my onions were put in late. Late is something you don't want to be in a
garden, you never seem to catch up with yourself.
Bright Blessings,
Kim
At 10:38 AM 7/25/2005, you wrote:
Phillip Wolfe wrote:
Keith - I'm still an avid reader of biofuel.com. I
planted corn in my backyard garden this year to better
appreciate corn and mother corn. Is it GMO'd corn
seed. Who knows. But I now understand that if my
family existed on homegrown ag and fruit products we
could stay body lean as nature intended. For example,
I have to wait until the crops are ready for harvest.
This means I have to moderate my food intake and
conserve until harvest. I work the land and wait
patiently. I curb my desire and try to resist going to
the local store to buy frozen pizza; and HFCS juices. But I then think
about my other fellow humans who
don't have the opportunity to think frozen pizza or
even have the water to grow mother corn.
Keep up the good work,
P. Wolfe
If you look for "heirloom seeds", (google it to find it on the continent
of your choice) you'll be getting seeds that haven't been "hybrided".
As far as cross-pollenation that might have occurred, I suppose only those
which were grown in a controlled (greenhouse) environment could be
guaranteed GM free. Eliminating risk may be impossible, but reducing it
is still an option!
doug swanson
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