The Seed Library presents Tomatomania! February 21 at 2pm

Monthly Venice Slola Membership Meeting and Potluck MOVIE NIGHT Saturday February 21st from 2:30 pm to 7 pm

This month’s special guest speaker is Scott Daigre. The author of “Tomatomania!” will be in the garden to talk about his love of tomatoes and how we can make the most of our harvests.

We are receiving much more seed already this year than any year before! If you are preparing to return Seed to the Library make sure to complete the Seed Check in Form. If your seed isn’t originally from the Slola Library, that’s ok. Give as much detail as you can about the origins of the seed. Remember the Safe Seed Pledge and if you have questions email info@slola.org.

After our meetings we have a potluck and Movie Night starting at 5 pm. This month is a double feature of Roman Polansky’s “Chinatown” and a satirical short film called “Farmed and Dangerous” We will discuss about how accurately “Chinatown” portrays the LA aqueduct from Owens Valley and laugh how Chipotle’s original series makes fun out of some very serious and real agriculture problems we are facing today.

Bring some good eats to share and your own utensils!

This is a zero waste event.

10 Great Things About a Seed Library!

A far wider variety of seeds can be kept fresh by many people growing rather than one person growing in one garden. We all gain when we combine our efforts.

Participants can save hundreds of dollars each season by growing their own food and saving their own seed. In Southern California, we are blessed with a climate that allows us to grow food year-round!

A seed library ensures we have a food supply that is reproducible, local, uncontaminated by unproven genetic modification, and free from external controls.

Our seed library is focused on varietals ideal for home gardeners (full flavor and variety in a small garden) rather than commercial varietals, which often sacrifice flavor and personality for the sake of uniformity and durability for shipping.

Over time the plants will change in response to our local climate and soil, and gradually will become better seeds for our area.

We get to hang out with other like-minded gardeners!

Growing our own food and saving our own seed continues the fine American tradition of self-reliance.

Gardening nourishes the soul as well as the body, and is a great source of relief from the chaos of urban life.

As caretakers of seeds, we cooperate with nature in carrying on priceless genetic material for future generations. Seeds are a sacred trust passed down to us by our ancestors. The seed library helps us to best honor that gift.

By growing a plant from seed, eating its fruit and returning it back to seed, we become fully engaged in the rhythm of nature, grow more attuned to the world around us, and gain a deeper understanding of our own place in the web of life.