#seedcleaning

[seedkeeping]

As you can see, we are very proud of our first home-made screen for sifting seeds from chaff and garbling dried herbs. It was a chance for everyone to hone their building skills, while finding a good use for scrap wood from our chicken coop. The screens fit in these heavy duty white buckets perfectly! Next, Amirah experimented with removing seeds from cayenne peppers with the butt of a 2x4 in a bucket with a bit of water - it seemed to work fairly well. Next, Zainab and Sarah pull kernels from Sehsapsing Corn, a blue-black Lenape flint variety (for flour, grits, and a traditional cornmeal mush called sapan) that had been stewarded in Oklahoma by Nora Thomson Dean and family until the mid-1980s. The close-up is of the flower of a Maruga Hill Rice plant, and the final photo is Hyacinth (LabLab) Bean flowers and pods against the sky. #seedkeeping #seedcleaning (at Newtown Square, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEtvMDOAI50/?igshid=nkz3ahr15i59

[seedkeeping]

A trick I learned while working with William Woys Weaver and his Roughwood Seed Collection: after threshing and winnowing or simply shelling beans, it helps to lay the seeds out in a well ventilated room away from sunlight so they can dry down a little more before storage. I give them a week or two. This year, I also have a fan blowing on them and a dehumidifier in the room. This can help prevent molding or rot in storage. Almost everything you see in this photo was meticulously cleaned by the farmers (and me) at @novickurbanfarm yesterday! #seedcleaning #seeddrying #seedkeeping #seedsaving #seed @roughwoodseeds

[seedkeeping]

Black Hollyhock seeds, sent to me by my hometown friend Alice (of @willimanticfoodcoop) for Truelove Seeds, being sorted and cleaned by many careful hands at Repair the World today. Bambara Groundnut seeds watch from the center. Thanks to @hannah.slip, Jewish Farm School, Philly Farm Crew, and all the wonderful volunteers for helping pack seed envelopes, helping prepare germination test samples, and cleaning seeds with me today! Thanks Alice for sending me a bunch of flowers for the catalog. Grateful for community support all-around. #trueloveseeds #seedsaving #seedcleaning #seedsorting #seeds (at Repair The World: Philadelphia)

[seedkeeping]

One of the important themes that came out of our rich conversations yesterday during my Seed Keeping class at Fox Haven Farm & Retreat Center was the importance of teaching our families and communities ways of practicing freedom, including how to keep our important cultural and locally-adapted seed varieties using natural farming methods. The Center is beautiful. Really amazing farmers, gardeners, and those who love them participated in the dialog and hands-on learning. The "Cultural Potluck" that followed was delicious and we got to hear everyone stand up and describe why they made their dishes while we ate. Most photos by Lacey and her uncle Pete. #seedkeeping #seedsaving #seedfreedom #seedcleaning (at Fox Haven Farm & Retreat Center)

[walcoseed]

Cleaning the grains and seeds before storage and sending them out for commercializing is both fruitful for the farmers and food producers. At the same time, it saves money.

[walcoseed]

Seed grading is necessary to remove the impure particles from the seeds, and classify them according to size, colour, density and shape. Contact a top-rated seed grading company.

[modernharvestfarms]

#winnowwizard #opensource #seedcleaning #seeds #seedsaving https://www.instagram.com/p/B8m8lh_hmgC/?igshid=1qzhqeuza1ewo

[jamjamdigital]

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