Spring is coming. How do I know? I just got my first seed catalog in the mail. If you too are interested in planting seeds then you should visit Cole Library’s Seed Share located on the first floor.

What is a seed share? A seed share is a collection of open pollinated seeds – sometimes called “heirlooms.” The seeds can be vegetable, herb or flower seeds and are provided for people to borrow. Seeds are then planted and grown in your home garden. At the end of the plant’s growing season, you harvest as usual but also save some of the seeds to return to the seed library. Saving seeds is not required but this helps creates a self-sustaining seed library.

To use the Cole Library’s Seed Share we ask that you open a packet, take out the seeds you need and will use and put them into the small envelopes provided. That way we will have enough seeds to share