DIY Seed-Raising Mix Course, 22/8/21

Milkwood’s Best Ever Seed Raising Mix – recipe for your mix – you’ll need coir, worm castings, compost, coarse sand, aged manure

Coir Peat Bricks – get this $2 one, not the expensive $8 worm bed ones (exactly the same thing but 4 x the price!)

Gardenate – to find out what to grow in this season – choose subtropical region if you’re in Sydney

How to Grow Microgreens and Sprouts – easy instructions and videos on how to stack

How to produce cuttings from herbs – sage, thyme, rosemary etc

14 store bought vegetables and herbs you can grow – easy video to follow – lettuce, celery etc

Local Seed Network Manual – free download

Seed to Seed Food Gardens – free download, written for schools wanting to set up gardens, but can be used for starting your home garden

Sydney local networks

Inner West Seed Savers – inner west of Sydney, Sells through Alfalfa House $1

Seed saving networks – alternative sources of seeds, find your local network – Buy Seeds Savers Handbook from here, this is the bible of seed saving, everything you need to know

Grow it Local – find gardeners close to you, list your own patch and seeds you have available

Best seed suppliers (non-GM, organic or heirloom)

The Seed Collection – Ferntree Gully, Vic

Greenpatch – Glenthorne, NSW

Eden Seeds – Beechmont, Qld

The Diggers Club – Heronswood, Vic

Boondie – New England, NSW

The Lost Seed – Macksville, NSW (great bulk seeds)

Seed Freaks – own seeds, 85% locally produced Tassie (many others are importing from overseas)

Happy Valley Sydney – Riverstone, NSW

Image courtesy Markus Spiske on Unsplash

A recording of one of my seed-raising sessions is available here.