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By Angela Brown

Sharing seeds

Midwest Food Resources plans Seedy Saturday

Apr 21, 2023 | 12:07 PM

Midwest Food Resources is getting ready to hold Seedy Saturday.

The event that’s free to attend will take place at Living Faith Chapel at 1371 103 Street in North Battleford from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday.

Midwest Food Resources executive director Vesna Fa said the event will be a good way for people to start planning their gardens.

“We encourage people to attend Seedy Saturday,” she said. “It’s a really nice way to get to know local people. It’s fun. It’s not an expensive event. And, we will have a live musician.”

Among the presenters will be Rhea Good, from the Seedy Saturday organizing committee.

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Lunch will be available by donation.

Organizers plan to have three workshops: Bokashi Composting, a traditional method of composting, with Rhea Good at 1 p.m., Beginner Gardening with Judy Ternier at 2 p.m., and Seed Saving with Rachelle Ternier, (Judy’s niece), from Prairie Garden Seeds at 3 p.m.

Judy Ternier will also talk about growing cabbages and other vegetables in brassica cages, to protect them from being eaten and damaged by garden pests.

Fa said people usually start planting seeds for their gardens later in May, when the weather begins to get warmer.

“Most of the people plant carrots, beets, and onion [seeds]; they are done first,” she said. “Then, they usually plant asparagus, and arugula.”

Several vendors are scheduled to participate in Seedy Saturday, including Prairie Garden Seeds, No Coast Seeds, Largo Farm – a community shared agriculture operation in the Battlefords, and Good’s Bokashi Composting. Midwest Food Resources will have a table as well.

There will also be an opportunity for a seed exchange, so people are invited to bring their own seed to trade, as an option.

The event will include a children’s activity area with crafts to keep the kids busy as well.

Fa hopes to see a good turnout.

“People will have a chance to purchase seeds, exchange and swap,” she said. “There will be lots of different varieties of seeds, [many] exciting varieties that people are saving.”

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