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**carolyn137** · February 13, 2016

My feelings are that is you have unsown GRIN stock it shouldn't sit in a drawer. Lots of talk online about 'getting out' seeds (queue Mission Impossible background music) but not much about sharing the gotten goods with everyone else. In other words, if anyone is sitting on GRIN stock with no intention of sowing it in the next few years, it would be lovely if you shared those seeds with people who will grow them out, refresh the stock and breed with it and/or share it with the rest of us. USE the seeds.

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And I do agree with the above 100%.

Every single varietyCraig and I got out we SSE listed which was a good way of getting seeds out there since the owners of many seed sites are or were also members.

And I offered all that I got out in seed offers made before Tville opened, such as the original Garden Web.

And there are still many listings in the SSE Yearbook where they note their seed source and it was from another member who did get it out of PC GRIN and the date is given.

Carolyn

Dutch · February 13, 2016

".....it would be lovely if you shared those seeds with people who will grow them out, refresh the stock and breed with it and/or share it with the rest of us. USE the seeds."

Thank you, Trudi and Carolyn, posts like these make my eyes tear up, and puts a smile on my face, as my head nods yes, yes, yes!

The term "us", I am hopeful means all the gardens of the world!

Peace and thanks again!!!
Dutch

Trudi · February 13, 2016

One of the things that connects people around the world is the distribution and redistribution of seed. At WinterSown I do I hybrid of both. I build and distribute 200 pack bundles of donated, purchased and my own grown seed stock to distribute to libraries and community gardens on a global basis. As an example, I just sent off a couple of bundles to a peace corp project which include seeds grown by people all across the country. (No ones name is on those packets! Don't worry!) This very, very poor women's group will be aided anonymously by the public. Their goal has been to put food on their own table and take the rest to the market to sell. Profit from that will go to improving their living conditions. Another example would be an incarceration center for youthful offenders who are using donated seed to learn greenhouse skills--it's job training that has a lot of peaceful quiet hands-on-smell-the-earth-and-calm-yourself benefits to a person who has already had a severely fractured life.

The seeds of the people, when grown by the people, heal the people as an entity. Whether the veggie seeds are grown for food or flower seed grown for soul restoration, those shared seeds work wonders around the world. Obviously, seeds are seeds and will sprout if grown well regardless of source, but the relationship of seed donor to seed grower weaves a complex social and cultural fabric by connecting us though our combined effort and sweat.

People can uplift themselves through growing plants from seed

February 13, 2016	#46
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	My feelings are that is you have unsown GRIN stock it shouldn't sit in a drawer. Lots of talk online about 'getting out' seeds (queue Mission Impossible background music) but not much about sharing the gotten goods with everyone else. In other words, if anyone is sitting on GRIN stock with no intention of sowing it in the next few years, it would be lovely if you shared those seeds with people who will grow them out, refresh the stock and breed with it and/or share it with the rest of us. USE the seeds. $$$$$$ And I do agree with the above 100%. Every single varietyCraig and I got out we SSE listed which was a good way of getting seeds out there since the owners of many seed sites are or were also members. And I offered all that I got out in seed offers made before Tville opened, such as the original Garden Web. And there are still many listings in the SSE Yearbook where they note their seed source and it was from another member who did get it out of PC GRIN and the date is given. Carolyn __________________ Carolyn

February 13, 2016	#47
Dutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: S.E. Wisconsin Zone 5b Posts: 1,831	".....it would be lovely if you shared those seeds with people who will grow them out, refresh the stock and breed with it and/or share it with the rest of us. USE the seeds." Thank you, Trudi and Carolyn, posts like these make my eyes tear up, and puts a smile on my face, as my head nods yes, yes, yes! The term "us", I am hopeful means all the gardens of the world! Peace and thanks again!!! Dutch __________________ "Discretion is the better part of valor" Charles Churchill The intuitive mind is a gift, and the rational mind is a faithful servant. But we have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. (paraphrased) Albert Einstein I come from a long line of sod busters, spanning back several centuries.

February 13, 2016	#48
Trudi Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: East Meadow, Long Island Posts: 139	One of the things that connects people around the world is the distribution and redistribution of seed. At WinterSown I do I hybrid of both. I build and distribute 200 pack bundles of donated, purchased and my own grown seed stock to distribute to libraries and community gardens on a global basis. As an example, I just sent off a couple of bundles to a peace corp project which include seeds grown by people all across the country. (No ones name is on those packets! Don't worry!) This very, very poor women's group will be aided anonymously by the public. Their goal has been to put food on their own table and take the rest to the market to sell. Profit from that will go to improving their living conditions. Another example would be an incarceration center for youthful offenders who are using donated seed to learn greenhouse skills--it's job training that has a lot of peaceful quiet hands-on-smell-the-earth-and-calm-yourself benefits to a person who has already had a severely fractured life. The seeds of the people, when grown by the people, heal the people as an entity. Whether the veggie seeds are grown for food or flower seed grown for soul restoration, those shared seeds work wonders around the world. Obviously, seeds are seeds and will sprout if grown well regardless of source, but the relationship of seed donor to seed grower weaves a complex social and cultural fabric by connecting us though our combined effort and sweat. People can uplift themselves through growing plants from seed __________________ When Hell freezes over the Devil will Winter Sow. Last edited by Trudi; February 13, 2016 at 12:20 PM.