Great job, Laura, for sharing your generous donation! Building on another recent thread about hybrids and labeling, seed libraries might want to consider that both of the corn varieties are hybrid seeds. You might want to consider at least mentioning it on your label, if only for educational purposes. Something to the effect of "Hybrid seeds, not for seed saving." The peas and limas are both old standards and open-pollinated. As for the colored coating, you might also want to put that on the package as well. It indicates that the seed is coated with an insecticide, a fungicide, or both. People who garden organically would not want to use these in their garden, so a warning label would probably be appreciated. Thanks, Pam Quackenbush Lyon Township Public Library 27005 Milford Road South Lyon, MI 48178 248-437-8800 ext 617 pquackenbush@ltpl.org On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM Jonesville District Library via Michlib-l < michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:
A local farm store donated their surplus seeds to us at the end of the 2024 season. These are commercial seeds with a colored coating on them. I have the following available to give to other seed libraries:
Lincoln Peas Little Marvel Peas Providence Corn Golden Nugget Corn Fordhook Lima Beans
These will probably go fast, so if you are interested, please respond asap. I think I have enough to give some to about 20 libraries.
Thank you, -Laura Orlowski, director Jonesville District Library zv186 517-849-9701 jonesville@monroe.lib.mi.us
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