Until I started this blog I had only heard of "johnny's seeds" located in Maine and I never heard of the others in our great State, so I asked my buddies and they wanted a copy:
allensterlinglothrop.com - allen, sterling & lothrop - falmouth, me - specializes in seeds adapted to the climate in northern new england. maine's oldest seed company.
fedcoseeds.com - waterville, ME - We are a cooperative, one of the few seed companies so organized in the United States. Because we do not have an individual owner or beneficiary, profit is not our primary goal. Consumers own 60% of the cooperative and worker members 40%. Consumer and worker members share proportionately in the cooperative’s profits through our annual patronage dividends. This seed company is right in my own back yard and I didn't even know it until this blog. I will be looking at their catalog a little more closely, again I truly believe we should stick to local for the bulk of our product,if not the saving of our own seeds.
http://www.lookfar.org/agriculture.html - teltane farm - monroe, me - Teltane Farm Produces; certifiable grade & Maine nursery licensed Seed & Tablestock Garlic. We also serve the midcoast Maine markets and pre-order direct to consumers with a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. Rather than certify, we prefer to "Green Pledge" all of our crops based on non-toxic and lasting soil fertility practices which focuses on soil and crop nutrition using composts, rock powder minerals, and biologically enhanced foliars.
johnnyseeds.com - winslow, me - my personal favorite. I think everyone should find a local seed company, a garden shop, in your area and befriend them. Not only does it support your local economy but who knows best as to what grows in your area than they do. They are full vegetable, herb, flower seed catalog and internet store.
This is on my bucket list of things to do.
Johnny's Farm Tours
Johnny’s farm is located on Foss Hill Road in Albion, Maine, a farm community 10 miles east of Waterville, Maine. Our trial fields are open to guests for self-guided tours from July through September. The farm is open daily, Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Johnny’s provides an informational, self-guided tour packet complete with a map to help guests navigate.
Download self-guided tour guide here (.pdf).
Or, if you wish to arrange a guided group tour of our facilities, please call our Retail Store at 207-861-3999.
http://www.mainepotatolady.com - the maine potato lady - guilford, me - organic seed potato, fingerlings, onion sets, shallots and garlic.
https://www.superseeds.com/ - pine tree garden seeds - new gloucester, me - container seeds, herb seeds, flower seed, grass and cover seed, tobaccos and sprouting seeds.
http://www.sweetpeagardens.com/ - sweet pea gardens - surry, me - specializes in sweet peas, annual and perennial.
http://www.veseys.com - vesey's seeds - calais, me - specializes in short term growth season, certified organic products, custom seed packages, flower seeds, herb seeds, vegetable seed.
http://www.woodprairie.com/ - wood prairie farm - bridgewater, me - organic potato, vegetable, cover crop, herb seed, organic grains and flowers, organic baking mixes, organic aged cheese and more!
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Sunday, March 27, 2011
12-4 pm
MOFGA's Common Ground Education Center, Unity
There is no admission charge though donations are always welcome and benefit our Heritage Orchard.
12-4 pm
MOFGA's Common Ground Education Center, Unity
There is no admission charge though donations are always welcome and benefit our Heritage Orchard.
The Maine Tree Crop Alliance, the Maine Seed Saving Network, Fedco and the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association will host the eleventh annual combined Seed Swap and Scionwood Exchange, in MOFGA’s Common Ground Exhibition Hall in Unity.For gardeners and orchardists, it’s like the most wonderful flea market in the world. Not only that but most of the best stuff is free!
Please bring any seeds, scionwood, or cuttings you have to share freely with others. Last year we gave away scionwood from well over 100 fruit varieties. These contributions are what make the day a success. We’ll supply the labels and tape and markers. On sale will be T-shirts, books, grafting supplies and rootstock.
2010 Presentations
12:30 pm Building a Food Forest by Lauren Buyofsky & Bill Errickson
Lauren and Bill will be discussing the permaculture methods
of designing, establishing, and managing an intergrated perennial food system, including dynamic accumulators, soil building, pollinator plants, water features, etc. They will show vivid pictures of installations/techniques, existing plantings/gardens, and less familiar
plants.
Lauren Buyofsky & Bill Errickson
Lauren and Bill are permaculture gardeners, designers, and educators, currently managing the farm operations at Newforest Institute in Brooks, Maine. Lauren?s background in natural resources, ecology, and herbal medicine allows her to create resilient garden systems that provide for humans while rehabilitating the landscape. Bill's academic and practical studies of biology, soil science, and sustainable agriculture form the foundation for his work with regenerative and perennial food systems. Lauren and Bill both hold advanced degrees from the University of New Hampshire and Permaculture Design Certifications from Humustacia Gardens in Whitefield, Maine.
1:00 pm Tour of the Heritage Orchards with CJ Walke (meet at the front entrance)
1:00 pm Tour the scionwood with John Bunker
1:30 pm Hand Pollination of Corn by Pamela Prodan
One of the most commonly genetically engineered foods is corn. Learn how to grow your own corn seed using hand pollination techniques that prevent crossing with other varieties of corn and prevents contamination of the seed by GMOs. This presentation uses photographs to show the steps involved in hand pollination. You can use hand pollination to select for earliness and other characteristics such as disease resistance, insect resistance, and weather hardiness of the plants.
Using these techniques, Pamela Prodan, has been saving seed from a heritage corn grown over a hundred years ago in Wilton Intervale, a small valley in the western Maine mountains, where she lives. Will Bonsall of the Scatterseed Project named the corn “Byron Yellow Flint Corn. He collected it from the Mosher family of Wilton, which has been saving it for generations. The Byron Flint that Pamela entered in the Common Ground Country Fair in 2008 won a Judge’s Prize. Her intention is to preserve the genetic diversity of this early and tasty corn.
2:00 pm Grafting Fruit Trees by Mark Fulford
Join Mark Fulford for a 2 hour session covering all aspects of grafting fruit trees. Techniques to be discussed include: whip and tongue, summer "t" or sheild budding, inlay and cleft grafting and bridge grafting.
Mark Fulford is a well known, independent farm consultant and educator whose range of topics and expertise encompasses: Transitioning from conventional to organic and biological agriculture. Soil, crop, and forage nutrition. Preparing agriculture for peak oil, climate change and economic drift. He also teaches; non-electric water technologies, hands-on skills in organic orcharding, organic no-till crop production, commercial and small scale composting, as well as fundamental rural skills and small farm food preservation.
3:00 pm Tour of the Heritage Orchards with CJ Walke (meet at the front entrance)
Not sure how to store your scion wood? Contact CJ Walke, MOFGA's Landscape Coordinator.
For more information, call MOFGA 207-568-4142.
For more information, call MOFGA 207-568-4142.
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Penobscot, ME 04476
(207)326-0751
No web address.
Devoted to preserving and sharing heirlooms, this organization hosts an annual seed swap each spring, and serves gardeners and organic farmers in Maine and the Northeast.
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http://www.mainepumpkins.com We are the Maine Growers Organization. MEPGO is an organization whose mission is to unite the growers of giant pumpkins within the state of maine, to extend the sharing of knowledge and experience, and to promote the hobby of growing giant pumpkins for competition and personal satisfaction within the State of Maine and throughout the world.
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