{"title":"Book Store","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the important books for growing and saving seed. There are many other related titles but these are the books that really matter. Please purchase them here to benefit our work and to fully compensate the author. We recommend Seed to Seed as a foundation book, it is found on even the most experienced seed growers shelf. We recommend The Seed Garden for the avid gardener and The Organic Seed Grower for the seed farmer. Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties for the experienced seed farmer, gardener and breeder. This is an advanced but invaluable text but requires a strong knowledge of botanical classification and seed growing.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-organic-seed-grower-book","title":"The Organic Seed Grower book","description":"\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/restorationseeds.mom\/pages\/table-\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e##\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"how-to-grow-content\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThe Organic Seed Grower Seed Count \u003cbr\u003e1 Book ≈ seeds\u003cbr\u003e##The Organic Seed Grower: A Farmer's Guide to Vegetable Seed Production by John Navazio, 388 pages. If you are thinking of making a living growing seeds, buy this book. John Navazio is both the Senior Scientist for the Organic Seed Alliance and a Plant Breeding and Seed Specialist for Washington State University Extension.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter an informative historical and botanical introduction in Part I, the book thoroughly explains the seed growing fundamentals and considerations for each of the major vegetable families. John’s many years of plant breeding and teaching show as he describes family’s reproductive biology, life cycle, climate adaptation and isolation. Then he dives into each crop group within the family including seed production practices: soil and fertility requirements, growing seed, seed harvesting, cleaning, genetic maintenance and isolation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part III covers Isolation for variety integrity, adequate population size, seed crop climates, seed diseases and stock seed basics. One of the benefits of the book is it helps a new seed farmer identify which seed crop groups are most practical for a grower’s climate and practices. I think I made almost 200 book marks in my copy. Seed growers read cover-to-cover then return to as a reference.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThank you for buying your book here to support our work.","brand":"RESTORATION SEEDS","offers":[{"title":"1 Book","offer_id":1990415684,"sku":"13827","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0129\/8922\/products\/Organic-Seed-Grower_IMG_6222_300f7827-f35d-406f-8660-d2c0cb5206f6.jpg?v=1484597861"},{"product_id":"the-seed-garden-book","title":"The Seed Garden book","description":"\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/restorationseeds.mom\/pages\/table-\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e##\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"how-to-grow-content\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThe Seed Garden Seed Count \u003cbr\u003e1 Book ≈ seeds\u003cbr\u003e##The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving by Shanyn Siegel, Lee Buttala (editors), 390 pages. Written by Micaela Colley and Jared Zystro. Published by the Seed Saver’s Exchange. Shanyn worked as collection curator for Seed Savers Exchange, conserving and promoting America’s culturally diverse but endangered food-crop heritage for future generations. As curator, Shanyn grew, evaluated, and saved seeds from thousands of heirloom and open-pollinated vegetable varieties. Lee Buttala is an Emmy Award–winning television producer of Martha Stewart Living and was the creator, producer, and director of Cultivating Life, a PBS series on outdoor living and gardening.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a beautiful and well illustrated book for new and experienced seed gardeners. Section describes seed saving fundamentals. Section II gives profiles for the major vegetable crops. Salted through the book are informative Master Classes inserts. The Appendix include seed screen sizes, germination test parameters, seedborne diseases and regional seed considerations. If you are a visual person this beautifully photographed book is for you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThank you for buying your book here to support our work.","brand":"RESTORATION SEEDS","offers":[{"title":"1 Book","offer_id":1990429252,"sku":"13829","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0129\/8922\/products\/The-Seed-Garden_IMG_6207_1ef18c0f-d160-402e-a657-285dd98ea8ec.jpg?v=1484597875"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.restorationseeds.mom\/collections\/books.oembed","provider":"RESTORATION SEEDS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}