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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

and it allows us to spend consciously to support really cool local initiatives that help build up networks that value inclusion and diversity that we can all benefit from.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

When we purchase this manure, we are recognising the value of meaningful purposeful activity/participation and learning opportunities for everyone in our community,

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

These bags are $5 each; there is a money box on the inside of the seed library/cupboard door for both this, and koha for seedlings.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

One of the aspects of this is that it is bagged up by some of our local community members being supported in a vocational activity to develop skills and earn some money to put towards a group activity.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

There are still some sacks of mixed horse/donkey manure on the stall. This manure is less than 6 months old, so is ideal to pop through a compost cycle.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Thank you to my father for sending through some Kakabeak seeds from his garden. Thank you to Joe for taking a package of seed down to their local seed library.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

a resourced environment, an environment that respects and honors privacy and independence, while maintaining a net that ensures people experience inclusion, belonging, place, and space, where we are safe, where we are valued, and where our humanness is celebrated.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

essentially practised the whole fake it till you make it, driven by a desire for my kids to grow up with a safety network and community, I'm seeing in my adulthood the vital importance of authentic local community development, and how it can facilitate all of us to live in a safe environment,

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

my stomach drops momentarily when theres a knock at the door, and I have a split second of dread before embarking on a trip to a shop. However, having learned how to make and answer phone calls, go into new spaces and meet new people,

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The funniest part of all of this, is that even 20 years ago, I was terrified of making phone calls or meeting anyone I didnt know. I'm still the same now, if my phone rings, I do want to frisbee it through the lounge window,

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

something to contribute to as they are able, to take from as they need, and allows us all to build up a community where we can share in what is common to us all.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

This small, simple activity of saving and sharing seeds can be used to set up small, but important opportunities to build up community, to create non physical connection, that enables people to experience meaningful belonging,

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

There will be opportunities for seedsaving workshops, or even just low key meet ups over winter to package up seeds, in the same way that they have already set up a knitting group and a crafters space.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

and everyone who visits the library, sharing locally sown, grown and harvested seed, ensuring locally saved , seed that is in the process of adapting with our environment and climate, will be available.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Across the road from where Anoushka is doing g this workshop, is the new local community library, Te Whata o Kaituna. This is where one of the librarians is leading in the creation of an embroidered piece that will function as another seed library, available be used by anyone

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

My eldest is involved in a street art project, that is being run by local artists that she has admired for the past few years. One of the artists leading the project also painted the Bowling Club, where a seed library is installed and fed into by people from all different backgrounds

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

(twice to drop seeds in at Woof cafe, twice to the main library and once to the Regeant theatre). In my mind, community is more about the slow, quiet networking that gets built up over time. And it's not necessarily tangible.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The irony of this discussion is im not a social type of person, i'm not enthusiastic about big groups, certainly dont function well in crowds, and I can count on one hand the number of times I drove into the centre of town in 2025

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

from my own perspective, highlights a deficit. Neighborhoods and communities where we connect, network, and support.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

in Aotearoa we already utilize personal alarms for people who have risk factors for falls and injuries associated with living alone, allowing people to contact an ambulance if they become stuck in bed or on the floor. This app had a wee bit different feel, though, that whilst meets a needs,

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I read an article on Wednesday about this new app available thats quickly become viral, called 'are you dead'. www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5... . I am not undermining the safety and security that these initiatives provide;

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

All through history, this human story has been dependent on our ability as social beings, our ability to communicate, to empathize, to work together for collective benefit.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

people who have made significant contributions to human knowledge, and understanding, none of us are here independently of the paths paved by those before us. In this sense, from this perspective, we are each part of a continuing human story.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

understanding nature, leading to the establishment of the scientific method. We proceeded, as a spieces, to build a grounding in philosophy, which has enabled us to understand ethics, morals, values. We all of us stand on the shoulders of giants,

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Once we established agriculture, we were able, as a species, to more reliably settle in one place, building on our understanding of seasons, and plant reproduction, to manage our basic needs, and streamline labor, freeing up time to spend on the development of culture, of art, of

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

pottery, and alcohol (this lecture discusses the evence that the agricultural revolution was spearheaded by the demand in early human culture for alcohol: youtu.be/OLqgtyFyJ1o?...). What i am getting at is our formative discovery was that we progressed further as we built community.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I think a lot about our deep prehistory, how our coevolution with plants and seed saving essentially allow us to survive on the light emitted from our star through the complexity of photosynthesis. How incredibly ancient this activity is, alongside weaving,

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It Wasn't food! Human Farming Began For a Super Bizarre Reason: BEER!

YouTube video by Anton Petrov

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

we have different upbringings, different interests, different favourite tv shows, favourite colors, favourite plants and flowers, often drawing meaning from our unique experiences and adventures, but we share what it is to be human.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The understanding that our needs, our human rights, and our responsibilities to ourselves and those we love are the same. This is how I consider community. We all have different brains, we all have vastly different experiences and understanding of what it is to exist in the world,

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Over the years, every single one of us have been through events such as earthquakes, fires, floods, pandemics, family crisis, and international disquiet. One thing that shines through all of these events that impact humanity is community, our recognition in those around us of our common ground.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

And sharing of as much of this as I physically can to encourage others, because in encouraging others to join in, alongside, it builds community. By sharing knowledge around this activity, i can contribute, alongside everyone else, towards a community the next generations will strongly benefit from

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I enjoy the process, the activity, the colours, the contrasts, the sensory information, the story, the anthropology, the sciences, the art, the learning, the techniques, the craft the skill and the metaphor of saving seed.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I am passionate about saving and sharing seeds, and encouraging such in other communities, networks, organizations. I dont not have expertise, I don't consider myself a gardener, but as aforementioned, I'm passionate about saving seeds.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I'm pretty bad at going off into essay territory, I cant help it, and wet days mean I'm inside. So, in response to the shitshow that is the news, I had another we write today.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Share away, I beleive, its a very ripe time to share seedsaving information around all of our communities, to network, to build community, to connect, and to hold each other up

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

perhaps in a classroom environment (if the appropriate fidget toy is used correctly). The next lot of radish seed will be harvested in approximately two weeks, and we'll have a go at threshing this by putting the plant material in a pillowcases, getting the kids to crush it.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

strength building, and even having an activity that can be achieved while focus is elsewhere, a bit like how the theory of a fidget toy is to occupy one sensory modality, in order to modulate sensory input and enable focus through other sensory systems,.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I have two more lots of radish to process, one is finishing flowering on one side of the house, but still green and the White Icicle radish is now in flower, and the community garden daikon was threshed mostly by hand, because sometimes theres a benefit to fine motor skill development,

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Some people put radish stems, or more accurately, siliques (which is what radish seedpods are named, as they are a specific form of seedpod) in a sack and drive over them in a car. I have just thrashed and winnowed some daikon seed originally from the Northeast Valley community garden.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

One of the harder seeds to expose is radish, and its the one that can require, and tolerate, harder threshing. Threshing is the breaking of the seedpod. For radish, some of it i put in a pillowcase and step on it over and over for a few minutes before winnowing.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Doing this contributes to us building up sensory knowledge around seedsaving, which is important for all of us as we develop and share our seedsaving skills; this is mainly done with obvious seeds, and a note/images go up on this page to demonstrate where the seed is and how to expose it for sowing

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Occasionally, whole seedpods go in packets for people just to experience what they look and feel like, and for us to have a wee play before sowing. This is often done with Lunaria/honesty, sometimes brassicas, beans, peas and stock.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

But for putting seed out into our communities, seed from here, or that comes through here, often gets winnowed because sometimes people having difficulty identifying seeds amongst chaff.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I'm personally not worried of chaff in my own seed, it becomes part of the mulch and eventually the soil, whether I've winnowed it off seed, or chucked whole, or gently crushed seedpods in the garden.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

and then 'winnowed', which is when the chaff, generally being lighter than the seed, is blown away on a windy day, using a fan or cool hairdryer or even gently blowing across the top of a container of seed.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Examples of seed that is winnowed include things like asters (lettuce, celtuce, sunflower, feverfew), chard, beans and peas, corn, many flowers, like nigella, cornflower, phacelia, astrantia, the seedpods and siliques can all be gently crushed or rubbed (in a bowl, a sack, a pillowcase or paper bag)

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Wet seed is seed that forms in fruits and vegetables, in a pulp, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, melons, zuchinni, and that information can be shared in a different post.

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St Kilda Seed Library @stkildaseedlibrary.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Winnowing is when the chaff, which is all the bits of seedpood, dry stems, bits of dried plant material (called chaff) gets removed from the seed, in order to 'clean' the seed. This is what is done to process dry seed, not wet seed.

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