Pine Plains Seed Library

09/18/2021

why do you save seeds?

Experts say seed saving is an important piece of the food sovereignty puzzle. Plus: Video seed saving tips to ensure next year’s crop.

04/11/2020

Around the United States, local growing operations are offering fresh produce and socially distanced outdoor time.

01/23/2020

As climate change makes the Southeast’s growing conditions increasingly unpredictable, encouraging individuals to grow heirlooms and save their seeds presents an opportunity for crop resilience.

01/04/2020

Gardening begins in January with a dream. Flowers in spring? Fresh salad in summer? Juicy fruit in fall? Bringing your dream to life starts with a plan: https://gardenplanner.almanac.com/

08/29/2019

Please fill in if you plan on attending. The Seed Library Summit is held annually at the National Heirloom Expo, http://theheirloomexpo.com/. We meet from 4-6PM on the Wednesday of the summit. This year that is September 11th. The location is set to be behind the administrative building on their pat...

08/26/2019

06/23/2019

Behemoth agrochemical companies are failing to deliver what farmers need to grow and what people want to eat.

06/18/2019

Seeds at the Mid-Manhattan Library!

If you have a valid NYPL library card, you can pick up three seed packets to begin a gardening adventure this spring. Find out more and stop by our "Seed Library".

06/10/2019

Great idea!

10 drones can plant 400,000 trees in a day — enough to combat climate change in real time.

04/16/2019

bamboo gardening stakes!

Getting ready to plant your garden and need some bamboo stakes to help those growing plants? We’ve got you covered!

Here at the Trevor Zoo, we grow bamboo for our red pandas. After they have finished munching on all the tender leaves and shoots, we take the left-over stalks and cut them to use as gardening stakes.

After your visit to the Trevor Zoo, you can bring home some bamboo stakes that have been professionally prepared by Faith, Berry, Zhu and Cyril, and use it to help grow your plants and vegetables. It doesn’t get any greener than that!

Bundles of 10 stakes in 3, 4, and 5 foot lengths are now available in our Mill Gift Shop!