Here's a re-visit of an old poster for this year's SEED SAVING CLASS. (Poster and class by Alice McG)

WHY would you want to learn to SAVE SEEDS?
- To save money
- To better care for and get to know our amazing plant kin
- To continue this intergenerational relationship between humans, plants, and food
- To preserve heritage crops and genetic diversity
- To grow crops particularly suited to your area and climate
- To adapt in real time to climate change
- To adapt the crop for a particular trait
- To make sure that you can find the seeds you want
- To Build Community Resilience
- To keep corporations from controlling the worlds food supply
- Because seeds are amazing miracles!?!?!
Whether your reasons are practical or sacred, we can get you started on your seed-saving adventures!

Come out to the farm tomorrow and learn about flowers, pollinators, plant reproduction, seeds, and seed saving. We will collect some seeds during the class that you can take home, along with sharing practical hand-outs and reference sheets.

RSVP very helpful
text 978-471-8414
or email mustardseedbee@gmail.com

Nature Share Roundtable & Potluck
- Great event for families and people of all ages!
Friday, July 29 from 6-8 PM

Join us at the farm for this family-friendly potluck and roundtable discussion! We will start the roundtable by taking a short walk around the prairie. Then, everyone is invited to give a 1-5 minute "nature share." Maybe you want to talk about something you saw in the prairie, maybe you want to talk about your favorite plant or animal. It's up to you! This will be a fun conversation where we can share our love for the natural world with one another.

Romero House Potluck and Roundtable
Friday, August 5 from 6-8 PM
709 Clark Ave, Ames, Iowa 50010

FLOWER PICKING/ARRANGING
August 13 time TBA

A special thanks to the Sisters of St. Francis in Dubuque for giving us extra support in our ecological education programming this year!!! And thanks to all our amazing teachers and learners!