Basalt, CO's public library has added packets of seeds to its
circulating collection: you grow 'em, pick out the best fruits, and
harvest the seeds and give them back to the library for the next patron:
Here's how it works: A library card gets you a packet of seeds. You then
grow the fruits and vegetables, harvest the new seeds from the biggest
and best, and return those seeds so the library can lend them out to
others.
Syson says tending a garden in Western Colorado can be frustrating. The
dry climate, alkaline soils and short growing season keep many novices
from starting. She'll take seeds from the plants that withstand pests
and persevere through drought.
"If you save seed from those plants, already, in one generation, you
will now be able to grow a plant that has those traits," Syson says.
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