Seed library news

 Dear Gardeners,

When we think of tomatoes many of us picture cute little Cherry tomatoes, or good for sauce Roma, or large Beefsteak, and perhaps heirloom. Recently I counted the number of varieties of tomato seeds in our Sandy Seed Library cabinet and found the total to be 55 varieties. Wow! Take a look the next time you come in to browse.

We have received a wonderful donation of locally grown and harvested Cove Tronchuda Kale seeds which originally came from a Portugal Family Farm. The following information was given to us along with a photo from their garden. 

Grown at 1200 ft elevation - harvested 2-07-2021.
Portuguese Kale Seeds  Cove Tronchuda - All the Portuguese people grow this in their yards. It's mainly used for soups - Kale Soup - "Green Soup" potatoes, linguica, kale, onions,garlic -- Really good.  My husband is from the Azores and these are seeds from the islands.  As with cabbage, kale gets sweeter when the weather is cool or cold.  We just picked the tops out of our plants, chopped, blanched and froze 20 quart bags of kale for soup.

Be sure to take a look at the recipe for kale soup she sent too! (Below)

To use the Sandy Seed Library, you may come to the west entrance during the following hours:

Sunday: 10am - 12 noon, and 1pm - 4pm

Monday: 10am - 1pm, and 2pm - 4pm

Tuesday: 10am - 12 noon, and 2pm - 5pm

Wednesday: 10am - 1pm, and 2pm - 4pm

Thursday: 10am - 12 noon, and 2pm - 5pm

Friday: 10am - 1pm, and 2pm - 4pm

Saturday: 10am - 12 noon, and 1pm - 4pm

Only one person at a time. If someone is already using the seed library, we will take your name & phone number to call you when it is your turn.

There are envelopes available for you to put your chosen seeds in. Be sure to put any growing info on your envelope so you will know what to do when you get them home.

Remember, we are on Facebook too at Sandy Seed Library.