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SUMMARY:Seed Starting
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DESCRIPTION:Dan Rubin explains the basics of seed starting indoors to help
  extend the growing season..\nhttps://barrielibrary.libnet.info/event/4909
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Watch\, Get Gardening and Learn To
 gether @ BPL Program Portal</strong>:&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Dan will explain the 
 major mistakes to avoid and how to plan and time your plantings so that be
 dding plants will be ready to transplant at the right time. Along the way\
 , he will provide general background on seeds\, and their importance to th
 e food we eat\, as well as the way varieties we depend on have been develo
 ped over time. Combining hands-on demonstration in his greenhouse and seed
  starting room with detailed background information\, this will give parti
 cipants a good grounding in how\, why and when to start their own seedling
 s.</p>\n<p><strong>Watch</strong>: <a href="https://youtu.be/2mgKiMdnxnE">
 <strong>https://youtu.be/2mgKiMdnxnE</strong></a> <a href="https://www.you
 tube.com/watch?v=MwtHfzYfd5s&amp\;feature=emb_logo"><strong></strong></a><
 /p>\n<p><strong>Learn</strong>: <a href="https://seeds.ca/sw8/web/diversit
 y">Seeds of Diversity Canada</a></p>\n<p><strong>Join</strong>: BPL's <a h
 ref="https://www.barrielibrary.ca/programs-events/seedy-saturday">Seedy Sa
 turday</a></p>\n<p><strong>Visit</strong>: BPL's <a href="https://www.barr
 ielibrary.ca/borrow/special-collections">Seed Library</a> to borrow and do
 nate seeds for your garden or indoor plants</p>\n<p><strong>Dan Rubin</str
 ong></p>\n<p>Dan is a seedsman and gardener who makes his home on the coas
 t of Newfoundland. He moved here from British Columbia almost twenty years
  ago after a career in education and publishing. As founder and manager of
  Perfectly Perennial Herbs and Seeds (<a href="http://www.perfectlyperenni
 al.ca">www.perfectlyperennial.ca</a>) he has focused on seeds for perennia
 ls and self-seeding annuals that can help rebuild food security for local 
 families and communities.&nbsp\; His annual spring workshops on Creating t
 he Year Round Garden and presentations to local groups have been attended 
 by more than 800 people. He now leads the Earth Sheltered Greenhouse Proje
 ct\, with a team building an innovative year-round grow structure at the O
 'Brien Farm in St. John's to demonstrate the potential for year-round food
  production. He is also the founder and chairperson of Food Producers Foru
 m\, Inc.\, a provincial non-profit supporting expansion of community-based
  food production. For information about that\, please visit the website:&n
 bsp\; <a href="http://www.foodproducersforum.com">www.foodproducersforum.c
 om</a>.</p>\n<p><img src="https://barrielibrary.libnet.info/images/editor/
 barrielibrary/SeedsofDiversity.png" alt="" width="300" height="109" /></p>
 \n<p>This program is in partnership with <a href="https://seeds.ca/sw8/web
 /">Seeds of Diversity Canada</a>.</p>\n<p><strong>We want to improve\, to 
 serve you better. Please take a moment and fill out our&nbsp\;<a href="htt
 ps://form.simplesurvey.com/f/s.aspx?s=2c0fe9cf-e00c-4212-88e8-2dbce130a214
 &amp\;lang=EN">Program Evaluation Form</a>.</strong></p>\nhttps://barrieli
 brary.libnet.info/event/4909227
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