Gardening & Saving Seeds!

These are a couple of introductory sets of videos put together to introduce folx to some work being done by CGC Commissioners and/or people they learn a lot from!

Sonya Harris is one of the early Commissioners of the Cooperative Gardens Commission, sharing know-how! She is farming on 1 acre of land in South Jersey (zone 7b). Be sure to visit A Garden Teachers Yard on YouTube and subscribe!
Follow Sonya’s work at Bullock Garden Project to learn more!

Seed Saving Videos shared from Snake River Seed Cooperative, based in the Intermountain West.

- The Garden Teachers Yard
• 10/18/21
Welcome to the Yard!

Welcome to the Garden Teachers Yard!
- The Garden Teachers Yard
• 11/16/21
Plant & Unplant - Prepping for Summer Growing

It's about that time! The Spring weather here in South Jersey is consistently warming up, so it's time to get those plant babies into the ground. This ALSO means it's time to "Unplant" some areas that have served us well in the early spring season. Do you love GrowOya?
10/16/22

Clearing Weeds, Finding Me, & Sowing Poppies!

Today I cleaned out my wine bottle bed. My gosh, was that a job and a half!! Last summer, I lost myself, and with that went my motivation to do gardening. Thankfully, I've done a lot of self-work over the past 6 months, so now it's time to get this part of my garden clear!
- Seed Saving
• 10/18/21
SEED SAVING: Save Tomato Seeds Using the Fermentation Method

Learn the process Snake River Seed Cooperative recommends for SAVING TOMATO SEEDS from your own garden. Check out our video providing step-by-step instructions on how to save "wet" seeds via fermentation.
- Seed Saving
• 10/29/21
Wet Seed Saving (Peppers, Cucumbers, Eggplant)

Get some pointers about what to look for as it comes to saving seed from some favorite varieties! Casey walks us through what to look for.
- Seed Saving
- The Garden Teachers Yard
• 10/18/21
Dry Seed Harvesting

Dry Seed Harvesting from Snake River Seed Cooperative
- Seed Saving
• 10/16/22
SEED SAVING: The Great Kale Seed Roundup!

Your kale overwintered which is great news and is an impressive accomplishment in places like Boise, Idaho with REAL winters. But now what? Follow along as we go over the stages your plant goes through as it GOES TO SEED!
- Seed Saving
• 10/18/21
SEED SAVING: Kale Seed Threshing & Winnowing

In this - the second of our 2-part video about saving kale seeds aka The Great Kale Seed Roundup!, Casey shows you how to clean kale seed with the help of a tub, screen, and box fans.