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Golden Amaranth was gathered in 1978 in a door-yard garden near Rinconada, New Mexico by Native Seeds/SEARCH and I received seed from Miguel Santisteven (my friend Margarita Garcia's husband) when I was visiting them in Toas a few years back. We wanted to see how it would adapt to Philly. It is gorgeous and produces edible golden seeds. It is also a great distraction for cucumber beetles, and along with these fourteen-foot tall Transylvanian sunflowers from @erc.bdz, it makes a beautiful backdrop to the seed garden. #goldenamaranth #amaranthushypochondriacus #nativeseedsearch #transylvaniangiantsunflower (at Delaware County, Pennsylvania)

[seedkeeping]

Tohono O'odham Domesticated Devils Claw from Native Seeds/SEARCH. These hooks, designed to latch onto mammoths and other large animals for seed dispersal, are used as the black thread in basket making by the Tohono O'odham. These claws are much longer than those we grow at Roughwood Seed Collection - and can supposedly get up to 15 inches long! The green pods (see underneath the plants) can be pickled like okra when young, and the seeds (which can be hard to extract) taste like sunflower seeds. #martynia #devilsclaw #Tohonooodham #nativeseedsearch #nativeseeds #seedkeeping #seedsaving #communitygarden #basketweaving #mammoth #seeddispersal