Books: In English

How to Save Your Own Seeds is a comprehensive guide by Seeds of Diversity Canada, designed to teach gardeners the principles and techniques of seed saving. This 68-page handbook covers everything from the basics of plant reproduction to advanced seed-saving strategies for different vegetable families. With clear, step-by-step instructions and over 75 illustrations, it's suitable for both beginners and seasoned seed savers, offering practical advice on preserving genetic diversity, preventing cross-pollination, and storing seeds effectively.

The book How to Save Your Own Seeds, by Seeds of Diversity Canada, is a comprehensive resource aimed at both beginners and experienced seed savers. This 68-page manual offers detailed, step-by-step guidance on seed-saving techniques across a variety of vegetable families. The book includes insights into the botany of seeds and plants, explains pollination basics, and provides methods for isolating and preserving specific seed varieties. Illustrated with over 75 images, it demystifies the process with accessible tips and techniques.

Designed for small-scale seed production, the handbook covers topics like drying, cleaning, and storing seeds, ensuring seed longevity, and offers specialized techniques for biennial crops (like carrots and beets). Additionally, it provides a quick-reference guide with isolation distances and pollination methods to help prevent cross-pollination and maintain genetic purity.

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Edition / Publisher: Seeds of Diversity Canada
Publication Date: 2013, Sixth edition
Pages: 68
ISBN: 978-0-9810872-1-4
Handbook in English

Get your vegetable garden ready as a family! Create unforgettable memories together with both hands in the dirt! The Family Vegetable Garden Workbook is the perfect introduction to local and sustainable agriculture. It allows you to turn your garden into a joint project that is enriching, rewarding and fun for the children. Involve children in every step of the process from conception to harvest by providing them with a notebook where they can record, draw and/or paste the information needed to plan, create and maintain the garden.

The home garden is a source of pride for all families, and more importantly, an annual tradition for many of us. Even though we do it year after year, it is not uncommon to forget what we have tried and succeeded at in previous summers. Our home garden notebook will be the perfect project to collect all the notes on the garden, track its progress throughout the season, and then remember its good works - and the little mistakes - for the next summer!

The different sections of our gardening notebook are:

Our Vegetable Garden | Go Team! | Big Plans | Super Seedlings | Garden Guardians | OInspired Layout | Get to Work! | Weather Patterns | Harvest Calendar | All About (x14 for your different plants) | Vivid Colors | Family Favorites | Memories Background

The gardening journal will be a beautiful souvenir of all the great moments you will spend with your family working together for a great harvest!

Printed in Quebec (Sorel-Tracy)

Illustrations: Aurélie Grand

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Materials : 35 pages // Heavy kraft cardboard cover and inner sheets on recycled paper.
Dimensions : Height: 11 inches, Width: 8.5 inches

Notebook in English

Edible Mushrooms of the Boreal Forest is a guide that presents 50 of the best-known and most appreciated mushrooms from the great boreal forest ecosystem.

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Edible Mushrooms of the Boreal Forest is a guide to the 50 most well-known and popular mushrooms in the boreal forest ecosystem.

Edible Mushrooms of the Boreal Forest is a guide that presents 50 of the best-known and most appreciated mushrooms of the vast boreal forest ecosystem. Primarily intended for amateur mycologists, the accessible text is accompanied by numerous photos of the mushrooms. The author has ensured that the text corresponds to the photos, thus facilitating identification, which is essential for the safe consumption of mushrooms. The approach used is novel and can be described as ecological : the forager is encouraged to associate the mushroom with a specific forest environment and soil type. The information in this book has been specifically chosen to help achieve this goal. This guide is an update of the book Edible Mushrooms of the Boreal Forest , published in 2013, which received the " Book of the Year" award from Renaud-Bray bookstores (Quebec). It includes new species and new photos for some species. In some cases, the Latin names of the mushrooms have changed.

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Edible Mushrooms of the Boreal Forest is a guide to the 50 most well-known and popular mushrooms in the boreal forest ecosystem. Intended mainly for amateur mycologists, popularized texts are accompanied by numerous photos of mushrooms.The author has ensured that the text corresponds to the images presented, thus facilitating the identification task, essential for the safe consumption of mushrooms. This is a new approach, which can be termed ecological: the picker is invited to associate each mushroom with a particular forest environment and soil. The information in this book has been specifically chosen to help pickers achieve this goal.

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Authors: Roger Larivière, Fernand Miron
Edition: Naturat
Publication date: 2019-04-19
Size: 15.5 cm x 21.5 cm
Pages: 216
Binding: Spiral
ISBN: 9782981804914
Language: English