Winter Heirloom Seedling Share

The Food Collective is pleased to introduce you to our next Harvest Share: a Winter Heirloom Seedling Share.

Hello all!

Over the last few weeks, the Food Collective has been dreaming up a brand new Harvest Share, for the winter season. And, finally, we’re very pleased to be able introduce our next endeavour:

Heirloom Seedling Share

Sourcing seeds from local companies specialising in open- pollinated heirloom seed varieties, and working in association with the green-thumbed folks at Soil for Life, we bring to you a winter Heirloom Seedling Share. With the colder weather setting in, we've chosen a selection of colourful and unusual heirloom winter vegetable seedlings that you’ll struggle to find anywhere else in South Africa.

Planting from seed can be time-consuming and isn't always easy - growing from healthy seedlings instead gives you a head start and a much better chance at a good crop. And, because we've been careful to select as many cut-and-come-again kinds of plants as possible, you will be able to harvest your them yourself, throughout the season!

How does it work?

With each share you buy, you will receive FOUR 6-pack seedling trays containing the following heirloom vegetables:

Heirloom Lettuce 6-pack (EITHER Forellenschluss Lettuce, Cinnamon Cos OR Butter Blush)
Heirloom Pea 6-pack (EITHER Weggis Peas, Capuchin Peas OR Purple Podded Blauschokkers)
Heirloom Broccoli OR Cauliflower 6-pack (EITHER Romanesco Broccoli, Calabrese Broccoli OR Sicilian Violet Cauliflower)
Heirloom Cabbage OR Kale 6-pack (EITHER Perfection Drumhead Savoy Cabbage OR Nero di Toscana Kale)

Each 6-pack tray contains 6 seedlings of one variety (these are not mixed seedling trays). 24 seedlings in total. Seedling varieties will be randomly assigned, and may vary according to germination success rate of the seeds used. All four 6-packs to be collected at once from Soil For Life in Constantia in late May (provisional collection date: Monday 30 May 2011)

What does it cost?

Each share (4 seedling trays) costs R110. That works out to R27.50 per tray. You may order as many shares as you like (total shares available limited to 70).

We hope you're as excited about this new project as we are!

For more info and to sign up, please visit our website.

Warm regards,
Liz, Kate & Pia
The Food Collective
www.thefoodcollective.co.za

Lettuce:

Forellenschluss Lettuce
Cinnamon Cos
Butter Blush

Broccoli/ Cauliflower:

Romanesco Broccoli
Calabrese Broccoli
Sicilian Violet Cauliflower

Peas:

Weggis Peas
Capuchin Peas
Purple Podded Blauschokkers

Kale/Cabbage:

Nero di Toscana Kale
Perfection Drumhead Savoy Cabbage

Seedling Share in a Nutshell:

One share costs R110, and payment is required upfront.

Each share comprises FOUR 6-packs of heirloom seedlings:
1x Lettuce
1x Pea
1x Broccoli/Cauliflower
1x Cabbage/Kale

Each tray contains 6 seedlings.

Seedlings will be available for pickup from Soil for Life in Constantia, at the end of May (exact date TBC).

Numbers are limited, and we can only confirm your participation in this share once payment has been received.

Sourcing Seeds

We have sourced our heirloom seeds from South African growers and seed savers around the country.

Please click here to find out more about them, and support them by ordering seed for your garden. They'll send them direct to your door.

Thank You!

A special thank you to Soil for Life, who will be growing and tending your seedlings over the next few weeks.

Soil for Life is a hard-working non-profit association based in Constantia. Their work focuses on:
Growing food; growing people; growing communities.

The pickup point for Seedling Share is at Soil For Life's beautiful working organic vegetable garden in Constantia. Whilst you're there, you can have a look around, and stock up on any essential garden goodies.