One Seed Lambton
One Seed Lambton is a program to encourage everyone to grow their own produce and save their own seeds for next year’s planting. Each year, a single seed variety will be announced and available at no cost to all participants. Throughout May to October, programs and workshops that explore the life cycle of a plant from planting to harvest will take place throughout Lambton County. All levels of gardening experience are welcome, from those who have never grown a single plant to those who have green thumbs.
Selected Garden Seed
Dark Green Zucchini Squash
The seed selection for 2024 is the Dark Green Zucchini Squash.
This compact, bushy variety will yield a plentiful supply of delicious, dark green fruits. Harvest fruit when 25-30 cm (10-12″) long for best quality. This squash grows 50-100 cm in height. This is a great variety to grow when space is limited. The creamy white flesh is firm, flavourful, and terrific for baking nutritious cakes, breads, or muffins and is great raw and sautéed. Even the flowers are edible.
Squash are a hot weather crop. They need full sun and deep, rich, well drained, organic soil with a pH of 5.5 to 6.5. Before planting, work in lots of compost. Directly plant seeds outdoors from late May to mid June 2.5 cm (1″) deep in hills 2.4 m (8′) apart with 4-6 seeds per hill. After germination, thin to three plants per hill. Seeds can be started indoors three weeks before the plant out date. Squash do not transplant well–use paper or fibre pots that can be set directly in the soil. Protect mature squash from frost and cold temperatures.
Visit your local library today to pick up your seeds!
Events
Seed Library
The Seed Library is a free, community-driven seed borrowing system that provides an opportunity for people to grow their own healthy food. Library card holders borrow vegetable and herb seeds that they plant, grow, and harvest while letting a few plants mature and return to seed. Borrowers then return these new seeds to the Library collection. By returning seeds from successful plants, local gardeners help sustain the Library's collection.