Seed Swap
Today I went to the Seed Swap organised by the Stroud Valleys Project. The aim of the swap was to allow people to bring any surplus seeds to exchange with others. I have accumulated a load of seed packets (unopened) which had arrived on the front of gardening magazines. This seed swap was ideal for me. I took sixteen packets to the swap and I brought back four (see above). I don't mind the imbalance, so long as the seeds get grown. I feel guilty about keeping seeds which will never be sown. Whilst sifting through the packets of seed, I got chatting to another swapper, who turned out to be a teacher looking for seeds for the school garden. I hope she took some of mine. Stroud is a centre for environmental activism. One of the sets of seeds I took was from the Stroud Community Seed Bank. They offer a limited range of seeds, all grown by a team of volunteer seed guardians, many of the seeds are heritage varieties and there are some you are unlikely to find anywhere else, such