Redwood Seeds Blog
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Swappin’ Seed Savers
The 4th annual Grub Seed Swap in Chico is coming up on Saturday, February 23rd. Once again Redwood Seeds will be presenting on basic seed saving techniques, but this year Kalan will be busy taking care of the farm’s newest addition, Baby Maisie! That means we, Sheena, Sasha and Elisa - Kalan’s long-term interns and farm friends, will be presenting “Seed Saving 101” at 4pm at the Grub cooperative, 1525 dayton rd. See you there! read more »
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Growing, Growing, Growing
Cleaning Organic Chioggia Beet Seed[gallery columns="4" orderby="title"] by Kalan Redwood Here at Redwood Seeds 2012 was our biggest year yet! We now offer over 200 varieties of certified organic seed carefully cleaned by hand, as I am demonstrating above. Gearing up for our 5th year of business we are immensely thankful for the amazing support we’ve received locally and even nationally through our website. To provide organic seed for the increasing demand we have extended our gardens for 2013 to grow even more. Not only have the gardens flourished, the arrival of our first child means we can truly call... read more »
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Planting Beans
Plant beans directly in the garden once danger of frost has passed. They tolerate a soil range of 60-95 F and will generally germinate in 4-8 days. Plant them twice as deep as they are thick. If the soil is too cool and rainy bean seeds will and do rot in the ground. Also, birds love sprouting beans. If you have this problem you may want to start them in50 cell trays two weeks before planting. read more »
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Welcome
We are a vegetable and herb seed farm nestled in the Lassen foothills of northern California. We focus on growing organic seeds for home gardeners and farmers alike. Growing organic seeds is a labor of love and hard work. This blog follows our seedy adventure from seed to seed and beyond. read more »