The glass gem corn I grew, there are six plants in the small garden, along with white pumpkins and sunflowers, grex beans and black-eyed Susans, is part of a project to create plants that have the resilience to withstand a changing weather system.
I have never grown corn before and when I read about the glass gem corn and how it came into being, I was encouraged to learn more about plant breeding and seed saving.
The course I took, more about this in a future post, introduced me to glass gem corn and some great seed people and the books they produced based upon their experiences.
This blog was created to share the knowledge and its sources that I have uncovered over the years since I took my Permaculture Design Certificate in 1999.
I will also be sharing my own gardening experiences with photos as often as possible.
In my next post, I will discuss my plant breeding strategy,
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