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Home Gardeners Are Driving Up Demand For Seeds, And Seed Companies Can t Keep Up
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Pandemic shortages mean Upper Valley farmers have a need for seeds
Suzanne Long waters pea shoots at Luna Bleu Farm in South Royalton as Garbanzo the cat watches on Thursday. Anticipating potential issues with seed supply due to increased demand and the effects of drought and fire on some suppliers, Long placed her orders in December. “There’s always going to be one variety or another that’s not available,” she said. “It does bring to the fore the fragility of our seed sources.” James M. Patterson photos / Valley News
Shona Sanford-Long plants a selection of last year’s lettuce seeds to test for germination at Luna Bleu Farm. The seeds are covered in an organic material to form pellets for ease of handling.
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Steve Larimore was hoping to triple the size of his garden this year.
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Once the seed catalog arrived at his home near Bend, Ore., Larimore excitedly got his order together. He then went online and began adding the different seed varieties to his cart, only to discover about a third of the items he wanted were unavailable.
Tomatoes? Sold out. Kale? Gone. Sweet corn? Nope.
“I was pretty discouraged,” he says. “There were some things that I’ve grown before that I really like and I wanted to grow again and they didn’t have those.”
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