You're listening to the Joe Gardner Show, the podcast all about gardening, where we cover

everything you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required.

And now here's your guide, National Gardening Television Host, and the Joe Behind Joe Gardner,

Joe Lampel.

Hi everybody, this is Joe Lampel, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe

Gardner Show.

This is an episode about tracing the history of seeds, at least from the perspective of

the seed historian at Seatsabers Exchange, Sarah Strottie.

She's our guest expert for today, and closes out a three-part series we did over the past

few months on the behind the scenes and backstory of Seatsabers Exchange.

And if you've heard one or both of the other two episodes that we did, you know that Seatsabers

Exchange was established over 35 years ago as a way to preserve the heritage and the

seed diversity of treasured seed varieties that have been passed down through multiple

generations.

Well, those seeds often have a special story or a reason to go to all the trouble to save

those seeds to begin with and pass them down.

And the term associated with those seed varieties is heirloom.

And thanks to the tireless work of Seatsabers Exchange, thousands of heirloom seed varieties

have been collected, preserved, and maintained so that those seeds are protected and accessible

for future generations to grow and enjoy.

Now other seeds that have been added to the Seatsabers collection may have come from seeds

of seed companies that are no longer in business, or maybe seeds that for various reasons

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