At Bootjack Garden, a fantastic blog about a garden not so far from my own (~146 miles south and east, near Yosemite), Katie recently posted about the idea of seed libraries, and I was immediately inspired to see about getting one started at Folsom Lake College.  I did a little research, talked to some gardeners and librarians on campus.  I hope to talk to some more folks tomorrow, and kick this thing off quick – hopefully get can get a bunch of seeds together in time for spring planting.  I also took some time this evening to draw up some instructions on how to fold a seed bindle, and the kind folks in Printing Services at the college offered to create some square pads from recycled scratch paper for this purpose.

Here’s a CC BY-NC-SA PDF of the diagram, in case you have some use for it.

If all goes well, I’m going to see about establishing seed libraries at the local Georgetown library, and perhaps in the Master Gardener office as well!

In other news, I ordered some mashua (Tropaeolum tuberosum) tubers.  I’ve grown oca (Oxalis tuberosa) in the past, and though it didn’t do very well, I’ve had good luck with yacón (Smallanthus sonchifolius), and if I can get some ulloco (Ullucus tuberosus), I’ll give that a shot as well.