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The Agrarian Renaissance Episode 6 - Vavilov & the Centers of Origin

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Calendula hearts 🧡😁 (at Siskiyou Seeds) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQL0BfBHfwf/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Can you name this species??? (at Siskiyou Seeds) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP1wYaeHYoF/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Planting out 38 varieties of tomatoes 🍅 today!!! Lots of careful labeling and spacing. #growsiskiyou #siskiyouseeds #permaculture #regenerativeagriculture #organicgardening #flavorbeginswithseed #organicflowers #medicinalherbs #homestead #naturalfarming #homegrown #organicseed #openpollinated #nongmo #ossi #opensourceseed #healthyliving #regenerative #tomatoes (at Siskiyou Seeds) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPYj5rYnNSt/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Tekomari runner beans. Hope they do well because this is all we have. #growsiskiyou #siskiyouseeds #permaculture #regenerativeagriculture #organicgardening #flavorbeginswithseed #organicflowers #medicinalherbs #homestead #naturalfarming #homegrown #organicseed #openpollinated #nongmo #ossi #opensourceseed #healthyliving #regenerative (at Siskiyou Seeds) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPEgf-THvEe/?utm_medium=tumblr

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We’re excited about this collaboration with the @theecologycenter to develop appropriate milpa corn 🌽 strains for the S. California bioregion. #growsiskiyou #siskiyouseeds #permaculture #regenerativeagriculture #organicgardening #flavorbeginswithseed #organicflowers #medicinalherbs #homestead #naturalfarming #homegrown #organicseed #openpollinated #nongmo #ossi #opensourceseed #healthyliving #regenerative #threesisters #milpa (at Siskiyou Seeds) https://www.instagram.com/p/COtDHGHHBSQ/?igshid=vlwzj3nkuk4x

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Columbines have always been one of my favorites- so elegant. ☺️💜 #growsiskiyou #siskiyouseeds #permaculture #regenerativeagriculture #organicgardening #flavorbeginswithseed #organicflowers #medicinalherbs #homestead #naturalfarming #homegrown #organicseed #openpollinated #nongmo #ossi #opensourceseed #healthyliving #regenerative (at Siskiyou Seeds) https://www.instagram.com/p/COi00H5ndfn/?igshid=11ocppgypelpj

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This is Dave Christensen, breeder of the now legendary Painted Mountain Corn 🌽. He just invited us to offer a couple new short season, high nutrition corns for next season. The first is called “Montana Morado Maize” and here is his description,”“Black corn is for healing”. Navajo elder. This rugged, highly nutritious flour corn was created in Montana to mature fast and be productive in short seasoned, climate stressed Montana conditions. It is genetically diverse and you can grow it year after year. Dave Christensen’s Morado largely came from his Painted Mountain Corn. It grows about the same but with a little larger and stronger plants. Long thin cylindrical ears have kernels are so purple they are black. The soft flour starch is ideal for every food purpose and makes the best corn bread. The vision to create the highest antioxidant grain possible has been the most important life’s work of Dave Christensen. Recently scientists have been testing corn pigments (anthocyanins) and found that they have extremely high antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. They help remove toxins and stop the aging of cells. They have healing properties for a long list of diseases. Black corn has been tested to show 10 times the antioxidant power as blue, which itself is very high. There has been a huge interest in Morado corns. So far they have come from Peru. But Andean corns are not adapted to the North and are oversized and very difficult to mature. Furthermore S. Am genes for Morado only have one layer of pigment. “ The second variety is called “Dave’s Blue Flint” Stay tuned for a 2022 release date. #growsiskiyou #siskiyouseeds #permaculture #regenerativeagriculture #organicgardening #flavorbeginswithseed #organicflowers #medicinalherbs #homestead #naturalfarming #homegrown #organicseed #openpollinated #nongmo #ossi #opensourceseed #healthyliving #regenerative #maize (at Siskiyou Seeds) https://www.instagram.com/p/CN5wUPRHA6C/?igshid=3boh4r6kck9b

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All blessings to you, your gardens and all new beginnings 🙌🏽💚 #growsiskiyou #siskiyouseeds #permaculture #regenerativeagriculture #organicgardening #flavorbeginswithseed #organicflowers #medicinalherbs #homestead #naturalfarming #homegrown #organicseed #openpollinated #nongmo #ossi #opensourceseed #healthyliving #regenerative #springequinox (at Siskiyou Seeds) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMp60GthRRw/?igshid=p9vplo8jvsmw

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Some glimpses into a mustard trial that were doing here on the farm this year. On our home farm we do extensive seed production and R&D work to continuously familiarize ourselves with the varieties we steward and learn about new ones through trialing. #growsiskiyou #siskiyouseeds #permaculture #regenerativeagriculture #organicgardening #flavorbeginswithseed #organicflowers #medicinalherbs #homestead #naturalfarming #homegrown #organicseed #openpollinated #nongmo #ossi #opensourceseed #healthyliving #regenerative (at Siskiyou Seeds) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMaLhXvhbfp/?igshid=1p8ydvkgyvgg7

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Some of my favorite work in seed growing is making selections to improve good open pollinated varieties. This is Misato Rose watermelon radish. It is known for its pink green skin and pretty rose and white interior, but unless carefully selected it tends to feral use towards green and white. So I cut into the side of the root to see the color and only replant the ones with color and rogue out the green and white ones. #growsiskiyou #siskiyouseeds #permaculture #regenerativeagriculture #organicgardening #flavorbeginswithseed #organicflowers #medicinalherbs #homestead #naturalfarming #homegrown #organicseed #openpollinated #nongmo #ossi #opensourceseed #healthyliving #regenerative (at Siskiyou Seeds) https://www.instagram.com/p/CL4sxbRADVm/?igshid=dt3o3lmb4wmb

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Deep and introspective seed mission picking up about 500 pounds of different sweet corn 🌽 seed lots and various breeding projects including numerous lines or an orange 🍊 sweet corn from the late Jonathan Spero / Lupin Knoll Farm. We’ll continue stewarding these lines and hopefully learning from his initiative in improving open pollinated sweet corn in a market sector virtually dominated by hybrid seed. Thanks to his wife Jessie Spero for entrusting me with this great gift 🙏🏽🌿🌽 #growsiskiyou #siskiyouseeds #permaculture #regenerativeagriculture #organicgardening #flavorbeginswithseed #organicflowers #medicinalherbs #homestead #naturalfarming #homegrown #organicseed #openpollinated #nongmo #ossi #opensourceseed #healthyliving #regenerative #corn (at Siskiyou Seeds) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLs1vQlAdzF/?igshid=1vo9txsv9jiqd

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The seeds are indeed going out! ✈️🧚‍♀️🌿💚 we’ve received over 3000 seed orders since the first of the year. Thanks for all the seed love 💕- you’re definitely keeping us busy. Pictured here is our seed house queen 👸 Lauriel LeBlanc Time to plant 🌱 #growsiskiyou #siskiyouseeds #permaculture #regenerativeagriculture #organicgardening #flavorbeginswithseed #organicflowers #medicinalherbs #homestead #naturalfarming #homegrown #organicseed #openpollinated #nongmo #ossi #opensourceseed #healthyliving #regenerative (at Siskiyou Seeds) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLqLFn3g2vU/?igshid=76pem1gqkp6a

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What ya planting and how ya planting it? 🌱💚🍀🌿 check out our story today for a YouTube video all about how we make potting soil from compost and sand and soul blocks and avert the use of plastic in our propagation house. #growsiskiyou #siskiyouseeds #permaculture #regenerativeagriculture #organicgardening #flavorbeginswithseed #organicflowers #medicinalherbs #homestead #naturalfarming #homegrown #organicseed #openpollinated #nongmo #ossi #opensourceseed #healthyliving #regenerative (at Siskiyou Seeds) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLpo45IAiE4/?igshid=9c2b34s1qodn

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Replanting selected “stecklings” which is the term for root vegetables 🥕 that are dug up for selection and then replanted to flower and produce seed. These are the lovely Yellowstone carrots 🥕 That will hopefully produce seed that we will harvest in July or August #growsiskiyou #siskiyouseeds #permaculture #regenerativeagriculture #organicgardening #flavorbeginswithseed #organicflowers #medicinalherbs #homestead #naturalfarming #homegrown #organicseed #openpollinated #nongmo #ossi #opensourceseed #healthyliving #regenerative (at Siskiyou Seeds) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKUtIZ9gpJd/?igshid=19ppg71np54i6