Variegated Celery (Apium graveolens). This is part of a breeding project William Woys Weaver is working on at Roughwood Seed Collection, and is about to be covered for the winter so it can flower and go to seed next year. #biennial #variegatedcelery #apiumgraveolens #plantbreeding #seedsaving #seedkeeping #roughwoodseedcollection #williamwoysweaver
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This Blue Sweet Corn is a ginger! This variety, which has blue and white kernels, was in development by a Mennonite farmer in Iowa who is now deceased. We are excited to see what it looks like: we only planted the blue kernels but clearly it’ll be a mix, as half the silks are pink like this one and half are yellow. #bluesweetcorn #roughwoodseedcollection #seedsaving #seedkeeping #plantbreeding
Large Black Piquin Pepper. Black leaves, black tiny fruit following these gorgeous purple flowers. Another pepper artist Horace Pippin traded with William Woys Weaver’s grandfather for therapeutic bee stings in the early to mid 1940s. #heirloompepper #horacepippin #williamwoysweaver #roughwoodseedcollection #capsicumannuum #piquin #seedsaving #seedkeeping
Future Fish Pepper sauce (the most delicious!) and future packets of seed to benefit the Pentridge Children’s Garden in West Philly. We are growing these peppers there, and when planting, the kids learned a bit about the life and art of Horace Pippin, who traded these peppers for bee sting therapy from H Ralph Weaver in the 1940s. #williamwoysweaver #pentridgechildrensgarden #seedsaving #seedkeeping #horacepippin #roughwoodseedcollection #fishpepper #heirloompeppers
(Turn sound on for drama). Black Peanuts making it into the future. These legumes come from Harvey Yow in Seagrove, North Carolina, who gave them to William Woys Weaver in the 90’s. I’ve been growing and sharing them for a couple years now. I’m going to let these dry on their plants and then store them in their shells til next year. #seedkeeping #seedsaving #arachishypogaea #hypogea #blackpeanut #peanutplant #peanutharvest #williamwoysweaver #roughwoodseedcollection @bartramsfarm (at Community Farm and Food Resource Center at Bartram’s Garden)
Tomato season is off to a strong start with glass jars of fermenting seed pulp lining the shelves. Soon we’ll be graduating to 5 gallon buckets as the harvests get bigger. #roughwoodseedcollection #heirloomtomato #seedsaving #seedkeeping #fermentation #fermentingtomatoes #thorburnsterracottatomato
Another day at the office. #studyinorange #petitemarseillaise #ajiamarillo #roughwoodgoldenplum #mountainroseapple #seedkeeping #seedsaving #roughwoodseedcollection #autumn
Snapshots of our day at Kutztown seed farm on Friday: Plate de Haiti Tomato; Ba-Ye-Qi Sorghum; Greengage Tomato; the first big seed crop harvest of the year where we had to employ tetris car packing skills; Buena Mulata Peppers; team seed in the Calendula; toad in the straw. #roughwoodseedcollection #seedsaving #seedkeeping #platedehaiti #greengage #buenamulata #teamseed #heirloompepper #heirloomtomato #seedfarm
Center: “Aztec Dahlia”. Something like the original dahlia to cross the seas to Europe from Mesoamerica where it was bred from the wild into a food crop (edible tubers) and source of water (straw-like water-filled stems). #dahliasoftheday #edibledahlias #aztecdahlias #aztecdahlia #fooddahlias #seedsaving #seedkeeping #tubers #roughwoodseedcollection
Chaff of four lettuces, Coral Sorghum, African Foxglove, and Fish Pepper after running them through the seed cleaning machine for a heavy cleaning. #seedsaving #seedkeeping #seedmachine #chaff #seedandchaff #roughwoodseedcollection #pentridgechildrensgarden
Sistah Seeds! Truelove Seeds took a trip to visit and help out at Amirah’s farm today (@sistahseeds). The kids wanted us to have grass in our mouths like real farmers 😂
Amirah is growing dozens and dozens of heirloom African American and other African Diasporic seed crops, many of which will end up in our catalog, inshallah. She takes the cake amongst our roughly 70 growers for having the longest list of seeds on her growers agreement for this year, or ever. She worked with us for four years before branching out to start her own operation. I’m so glad to remain so deeply connected in our work and community.
Thank you Amirah for welcome us to your beautiful farm! We 💜 you!
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