A hangout at my home yesterday with fellow gardeners talking about seed and swapping them too. Very excited to build a network of growers working with adaptive seed, genetic diversity and community-based landraces. Our own local chapter of something like Going to Seed https://goingtoseed.org #seed #AdaptiveAgriculture #LandraceGardening #farming #SeedSwap #SeedSovereignty #FoodSovereignty

Some pics of the perennial kale landrace I'm developing. Original seed came from Chris Homanics which I crossed with Daubenton for further bushy growth habit. There's probably also some other kale genetics in there by now. Have been growing it for 5-6 years or so at 4 different sites. This one is at the school. I love to go looking for new colors, shapes or particularly healthy individuals, esp. ability to survive the winters, slugs, birds and caterpillars. My goal is to adapt this landrace to my conditions and the tastes of local chefs. These are doing pretty well in February! #PerennialVegetables #PerennialKale #PlantBreeding #LandraceGardening #AdaptiveGardening #BrassicaOleracea

Free and Open-Source Seed (the other #FOSS)

Preparing a big batch of many different seeds to send the first package in one out of hopefully many seed chain letters among #landracing colleagues in the EU. The idea is to send all kinds of seed, take what you want, add in at least as much, and then pass it onto the next one in line. With enough circulation, we should be able to maximize the genetic diversity in the chain package over time. A rolling seed swap by mail. I’m very excited about this and already looking forward to receive it myself somewhere down the line.

Want to get in line for a package too? Sign up in this forum: https://landracegardening.discourse.group/ and tell me your username, then I’ll add you to European seed swap group so you can read the rules before being added to the waiting list.

#serendipityseedswap #landracegardening #goingtoseed #freeseed #mutualaid

Genetically diverse corn in Denmark, the northern range of maize growing. It’s fascinating to think that every grain contains individual DNA and holds the potential for new kinds of plants. Naturally hybridizing plants are wonderful, because they do most of the breeding work for you.

#landracegardening #maize #corn #plantbreeding

First fruit from a test project to landrace melon (Cucumis melo) for Danish climate and my way of gardening. I didn't like the flavor of this one, but the plant was healthy and gave earlier fruit than others. I'm not sure which type this was - maybe a cucumber-melon type that should have been picked early?

#landracegardening #melon #northernmelon #cucumismelo #landrace #plantbreeding

I thought it was only possible to grow broad beans one time per season in our climate (Denmark). This year, I grew another round with seed from the first generation sown in spring just for the edible shoots and flowers in late summer and fall. But now I am in fact getting beans on those too. That’s both an extra crop and also makes landracing much faster, because I can cross the plants two times per season.

#broadbean #favabean #viciafaba #landracegardening #shortseason #plantbreeding #gardening