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saving the rarest seeds

 
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thought many here would appreciate this story of a great man on a great quest

https://downeast.com/land-wildlife/rare-heirloom-seeds/
 
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Bonsall’s office is no climate-controlled vault,



I thought maybe storing seeds in an aquarium, in which a candle is periodically burns up the oxygen, would help preserve cow peas for instance from their borers.
 
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Will Bonsall is pretty cool. I read his book, got to the end, emailed him and he emailed right back.

Half an acre for the scatterseed project. Hmm. Wonder how he does isolation.
 
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