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"Winter Seed Storage Essentials: Proven Tips for Home and Small-Scale Seed Savers" with Denise Cusack

PLEASE JOIN US IN WELCOMING DENISE CUSACK ON OCTOBER 24TH, 2024 AT 5PM PT•6PM MT•7PM CT•8PM ET

Have you collected seeds but now feel unsure about how to process and store them for the winter? Wondering how to manage your seed stock and ensure optimal germination? Discover essential steps for preserving seeds over the winter, including tips for small-scale growers' equipment, screening techniques, and processing methods. Learn about the best options for winter storage, effective methods for germination testing, and how to label and track your seeds. Explore the best environments for seed storage, how to break down bulk seeds into smaller packets, and tips on small-scale stratification. Additionally, find out about affordable tools that simplify the process, helping you manage your seed stock effectively.

Denise Cusack is a clinical herbalist, certified aromatherapist, and a certified permaculture designer with over 25 years of experience in the natural health and wellness community, and in growing her own food and medicine.

Denise is owner of Wholly Rooted Farm, a small family homestead and medicinal herb farm, where she grows over 250 varieties of medicinal herbs, and over 500 species including food, on a few acres. Denise is an avid seed saver and medicinal plant grower, and has volunteered as the Herbalists Without Borders Seed Grant Coordinator, saving, sharing, and managing seeds for a national seed grant program since 2018. Wholly Rooted Farm is a United Plant Savers Botanical Sanctuary, where she also grows at-risk and endangered medicinal and native plants. Wholly Rooted Farm is a medicinal herb farm, plant conservation space, and an online school educating folks on topics including permaculture and regenerative practices for herbalists, aromatherapists, and holistic practitioners. Find out more about Denise & Wholly Rooted at www.whollyrooted.com.

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