Redwood Seeds Blog
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Planting for Monarchs
I always like to try something new. One variety in particular that I’m excited about is Swan Plant. A couple months ago I saw this variety being offered by another seed company under the name Hairy Balls. One look at the seed pods and you can see where they get this name. I had a chuckle but kept scrolling. Fast forward to our New Zealand trip this spring. My daughter's piano teacher in NZ has this plant growing in pots in her kitchen bay window covered in Monarch butterfly larvae happily munching. Come to find out, this plant goes by the much nicer name... read more »
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Organic control of Yellow Star Thistle
New for 2023! Yellow Starthistle Seed. Back by popular demand, this amazing drought tolerant cover crop will add root mass to your soil while attracting pollinators and other beneficial insects to your garden. Need a hedge to keep deer or unwanted humans away? Starthistle is your weed! Read more »
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3 Staple Culinary Herbs
This past week, in the Seed House, we took a physical inventory of all our packed seed and found a few surprises. The biggest being that we had 348 packets of dill ready to go! Normally we keep about 50-150 of a given variety packed at any time depending on past sales. Needless to say, 348 packets of dill is a bit excessive. In light of this we are going to be including a free ‘thank you’ packet of dill in every order for the rest of the season and I expect we will be donating a lot of dill to community... read more »
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Become a Market Gardener!
Have you ever wondered about selling your produce (or seedlings, flowers, seeds, crafts, food items) at a local farmer’s market? We’ve talked to two awesome woman farmer’s here in northern CA about what they would advise to get started. Mindy Nickler, from Nickler Acres, sells produce, flowers and eggs at the Saturday Market by the River in Red Bluff, CA and the Wednesday market in Chico. She is a year round market gardener and grows amazing micro greens as well! Abby Lawless from Sugar Pine Farm offers her produce seasonally through an honor system in Manton and at the... read more »
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Variety Spotlight: Styrian Hulless Seeded Pumpkin
As the name suggests, the seeds of this variety are hulless meaning you can just pop them in your mouth and eat. They have a wonderful nutty flavor and are delicious raw or lightly toasted with salt or spices. These pumpkins have not been bred for their flesh but it can be eaten as soups, stews or used for livestock. With orange skins and some green striping these could also be used for Halloween pumpkins and the seeds harvested at that time. The seeds are a great source of protein and once dried will keep until you are looking for a... read more »
