London Seed Harvest 2021. By Richard Galpin. An Uncertain Year. As temperatures drop and autumn arrives, our network of London seed savers spend less time sowing, growing and harvesting crops, and more time drying, cleaning and storing seed. The 2021 seed harvest looks to be a very uncertain one. We’ve had reports from growers across…Continue readingLondon Seed Harvest 2021
It has come to our attention that a donation of seeds, labelled as Fennel (herb) that were shared in 2019, are in fact Hemlock (Conium maculatum). We are in the process of contacting everyone who could have received a pack of these seeds at a training day in November 2019. If you have a packet…Continue readingImportant information regarding the distribution of Fennel herb seeds
By all accounts, it is primed to be a huge year for home-grown veg in the UK. Seed producers and seed banks alike have been overwhelmed with demand as many Brits set up shop on balconies and gardens, facing up to the reality of a long summer of likely lockdown. The LFSB also experienced a…Continue readingResponding to these tricky times
Dear Friends, Imbolc is a Gaelic festival marking the beginning of spring, usually celebrated half-way between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, or on the 1st February. It honours the lengthening days and the return of warmth, as the soils begin to thaw and the daffodils show their heads. As we move from the…Continue readingFebruary Newsletter
