[MAIPC] Native Garden Friend Challenge

[Nathan Hartshorne]

Good point.  There's always a bit of controversy about that.  I have seen
people say never to collect because then there are fewer seeds in those
wild areas, and I've seen people say to collect the local seeds so you have
local genetics.  Another issue is that it is very common that the places we
know to collect seeds (aside from very common plants like goldenrod) are
derived from bought seeds, so I'm not sure there's much difference.  I have
done both methods, but I do know that the "wild" seeds I have collected
were from plants seeded by someone else with the exception of milkweed,
goldenrod, and some trees.

On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 9:38 AM MARGARET L CHATHAM <
margaret.chatham at verizon.net> wrote:

> Lovely idea — but where did those boughten seed evolve? How much better to
> collect locally native seed for this practice.
>
> > On Oct 11, 2020, at 9:28 AM, Nathan Hartshorne <nshartshorne at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > We all have friends who would be interested in a native garden, but the
> effort and cost feel prohibitive, even though they really aren't.  Last
> year, I decided to start experimenting with growing the plants myself and
> giving them away, even planting them at friends'.  Obviously we don't want
> to take business away from the local native nurseries, but this creates a
> push that many people need.  And once they see the bees going nuts over bee
> balm, goldenrod, etc. they can really get into it and then support the
> native nurseries.
> >
> > So now that we're well into fall, consider buying seeds online and
> preparing for next spring.  Packets can have a couple hundred seeds and
> cost a couple dollars, so it's not difficult to get started with a wide
> variety.  Just make sure that the native seeds you purchase are native to
> your region, some local regions can be very specific.
> >
> > If you do decide to do this, please let me know.
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