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I like how the girls at the princess academy learn to read and write and learn about the world they have never seen. It is also fun how they learn dances and conversation and get and have a fancey ball!
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Yes, it's called Palace of Stone!
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I wish there were a heartwarming sequel to wrap up Miri's life! I found myself craving for more as finished it for the first time.
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This book has a sequel, Palace of Stone, if you're interested. Shannon Hale is one of my favorite authors, and I can't help being a bit jealous I can't weave words the same way.
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Mienshao has a number of traits that set it apart from its main competitor in OU, Terrakion. A what's essentially an immunity to passive damage thanks to Regenerator and better wallbreaking abilities thanks to the ability to use special attacks make Mienshao a better dedicated wallbreaker than Terrakion and a perfect weapon to use against defensive teams. Aside from being a better wallbreaker than Terrakion, which is Mienshao's main niche in OU, Mienshao has a few more aces up its sleeve. Thanks to Reckless, Choice Scarf Mienshao is more powerful than Choice Scarf Terrakion and has better cleaning potential, but it needs a ton of support, especially in the removal of Ghost-types, which prevent Mienshao from spamming its main STAB. Finally, with access to Regenerator and Baton Pass, Mienshao can provide free switches for its teammates with its SubPass set, something that Terrakion can't do.
Although Mienshao has quite a few appealing attributes, it is not without flaws. Mienshao is extremely frail, and thus cannot take even the weakest of hits comfortably. This means that Mienshao must get a free switch-in to come in, forcing it to act as more of a hit-and-run attacker. Mienshao's main STAB, Hi Jump Kick, has a nasty side effect, chipping away 50% of its health each time it fails to land. With the prevalence of the move Protect and Ghost-types, such as Jellicent and Gengar, Mienshao has to be very careful. It also faces slight competition from Terrakion for a teamslot, as they fill similar roles, not to mention that Terrakion is faster than Mienshao. Nevertheless, Mienshao is very unique compared to other Fighting-types in the tier and can pose a huge threat when used correctly.
If there is one set that really sets Mienshao apart from the other Fighting-types in OU, it would have to be this one. This set takes all of Mienshao's useful traits and mixes them all together. Because Mienshao has the ability to utilize its Special Attack, this set runs special moves that provide coverage on most of its common switch-ins, particularly Gliscor, Landorus-T, Jellicent, and Hippowdon. Regenerator is really useful here, as it helps mitigate Life Orb recoil every time Mienshao switches out. Hi Jump Kick is Mienshao's only STAB move and it is put to good use on this set by hitting everything very hard, 2HKOing and OHKOing most unresistant foes while decimating Tyranitar, Blissey, and Ferrothorn. Be cautious when using this move when Ghost-types are around, or else Mienshao's health will be instantly halved by recoil. Also make sure to be wary of using this move against Pokemon that commonly carry Protect, such as Ferrothorn, as this will also incur the recoil. The next move is a tough choice between Grass Knot and Stone Edge. Grass Knot is usually preferred because it messes with Mienshao's common counters, such as Jellicent and physically defensive Hippowdon, both of which wall this set quite well. Stone Edge still has its merits against Volcarona and Gyarados though, so it all depends on what threats you need Mienshao to cover. Hidden Power Ice is one of this set's greatest selling points, as it can KO Gliscor and Landorus-T and prevent them from completely walling this set while also dealing super effective damage to Garchomp, Salamence, and Dragonite. U-turn rounds off the set by allowing Mienshao to create some much-needed momentum in addition to having outstanding synergy with Regenerator.Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
A Choice Scarf sacrifices Mienshao's ability to switch between moves in order to allow it to become a potent revenge killer. Mienshao's Speed stat combined with a Choice Scarf allows it to outspeed all positive-natured base 100 Speed Pokemon at +1, letting Mienshao revenge kill the likes of Salamence, Haxorus, and Volcarona, which commonly boost their Speed. Ability-wise, Reckless is almost always preferred, as it allows Mienshao's Hi Jump Kick to 2HKO even Skarmory after Stealth Rock, a feat that Choice Scarf Terrakion can only dream of. Regenerator still has its merits though, especially if your team lacks a Rapid Spin user. Unlike Terrakion, Mienshao has access to U-turn, which lets it gain much-needed momentum against common switch-ins, such as Jellicent and Hippowdon, while also dealing a huge chunk to Celebi. Hi Jump Kick hits very hard when boosted by Reckless, and oftentimes Mienshao will find itself sweeping with it at the end of the game, OHKOing pretty much everything that's weak to it and 2HKOing almost everything else. A few notable 2HKOs that Hi Jump Kick boosted by Reckless achieves are ones on defensive Skarmory after Stealth Rock damage, offensive Latias, and specially defensive Jirachi. Standard Ferrothorn and Breloom are always OHKOed as well. Stone Edge is very important to OHKO Gyarados and Volcarona in particular, both of which can wall all of Mienshao's other moves. Hidden Power Ice is Mienshao's hidden weapon against Gliscor and Landorus-T, which are very common switch-ins against Fighting-types in general. Hidden Power Ice has other uses though, such as OHKOing Dragonite after Stealth Rock and allowing Mienshao to take out Salamence 100% of the time after Stealth Rock, unlike Stone Edge, which misses quite frequently.Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
Mienshao can utilize its above-average Speed stat and Regenerator in order to become a great Baton Passer. The main goal of this set is to set up a Substitute or a Swords Dance on a predicted switch and then Baton Pass to a suitable recipient. Because Mienshao forces a lot of switches, it will find numerous opportunities to set up. Regenerator is always preferred on this set to mitigate Life Orb recoil, health lost from Substitute, and because Mienshao will be switching in and out quite frequently. The choice between Substitute and Swords Dance depends on your team. If you wish to pass free protection to a sweeper that can set up on its own, then Substitute is preferred; however, if something on your team would appreciate a +2 Attack boost, then Swords Dance is obviously the better choice. Hi Jump Kick is used to give Mienshao a means of attacking, KOing Tyranitar and Blissey with ease. Although this set is meant to support other teammates, Mienshao can still pose a threat behind a Substitute or with a Swords Dance boost if it has to. Stone Edge is useful for all-around great coverage, preventing Volcarona, Gyarados, and Salamence from setting up on Mienshao.Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
Other Options
There are not that many other options for Mienshao, as most of its movepool is quite useless. A Choice Band can used to power up Hi Jump Kick to even higher levels, but the Life Orb set has similar power, and this set is mostly outclassed by Terrakion anyway. A Bulk Up set sounds tempting, but Mienshao is too frail to take advantage of the Defense boost and will find it very hard to safely set up. An offensive Calm Mind set could work, seeing as Mienshao has access to Grass Knot, Hidden Power Ice, and Aura Sphere; however, it is inferior to its other sets, and there are much better users of Calm Mind out there anyway. Rock Slide can be used over Stone Edge on all of its sets if you hate the accuracy of Stone Edge, but the loss in power is easily noticeable. Taunt can help out its Baton Passing set, but it forces it to give up a coverage move.
Checks and Counters
Mienshao is extremely frail, so a single powerful blow can easily take it out, even from full health. Anything that can outspeed it can probably check it with little-to-no problem. Gengar can outspeed Mienshao and OHKO with Shadow Ball. Latios and Latias can threaten it with pretty much all of their moves, but they cannot reliably switch into Hi Jump Kick. Landorus-T, physically defensive Hippowdon, and Gliscor are all great counters to Choice Scarf Mienshao locked into anything other than Hidden Power Ice. Celebi can come in on the Choice Scarf set's Hi Jump Kick, but it has to watch out for U-turn. Jellicent is by far one of Mienshao's greatest counters, as it can come in on Hi Jump Kick and threaten it with Will-O-Wisp or even Scald. Sableye is arguably even better then Jellicent, as it fears none of Mienshao's moves and cannot be Pursuit trapped by Tyranitar or Scizor. Starmie can also outpace Mienshao and survive a Hi Jump Kick from the Choice Scarf set if need be. Tornadus can revenge kill with Hurricane as long as Mienshao isn't holding a Choice Scarf.


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Parking can be expensive and the student lot is somewhat distanced from the dorms and classroom buildings. However, there are buses around campus that can take you to the parking lot, and it really isn't very necessary to have a car on campus. Students can ride the metro and the bus for free, and most necessities like a pharmacy and a grocery store are within walking distance of campus.
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Rice is a very safe campus. Students trust one another and can leave doors unlocked or computers on a table unmonitored without fearing that they will be robbed. Campus security is very responsive and their primary goal is to keep students safe, which they do well.
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Houston is an interesting city if you know where to go. The Galleria is great shopping but it is somewhat hard to get to. Sometimes there are concerts or attractions downtown, which are convenient by train (which students ride free on) but it sometimes takes some digging to find things to do. Mostly, the attractions offered on and very close to campus are rich enough to occupy most students' time and interests.
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Rice is really close to Rice Village, which has shopping and a large variety of cuisine including sushi, Indian food, Thai food, and crepes. The food is all really good and within a ten minute walk from campus, but it can sometimes get expensive.
For me, nightlife at Rice is great. Not very many people go out until Thursdays, but then students go to the school Pub on thursdays and can attend college parties Fridays and Saturdays. Once about every two weeks one of the residential colleges will throw a themed public party, which is normally pretty big and popular even among the non-drinkers.
Computers are readily available in the library and in each residential college's computer lab. Internet access is readily available and the network is rarely slow or disconnected.
For outstanding personal reasons, I did not apply for financial aid from Rice.
Rice students are exceptional at managing their time between making use of the library and other academic study facilities, running the outer loop or getting fit at the gym, and spending time together in the student-run coffee house or at an event hosted by one of our many clubs. Traditions are popular and mostly oriented towards the residential colleges, in which students have the opportunity to be very involved with one another and develop pride in the residential college and the university.
The residential college system does a lot to enhance students' experience; through your college you become close with a smaller group of people who have different interests and goals than you, and you are given lots of opportunities to become involved in sports, social outings, and other events with the people in your college. The college system allows every student to be as socially involved as they are comfortable- there are parties and get togethers for those who enjoy them, and there are other outlets for those less interested in partying, which are equally popular with the students.
Athletics are well appreciated, and lots of students participate in intramural sports, but in some sports there is not an enormous amount of support or team spirit from the rest of the school, especially for the varsity sports.
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Overall, Rice students are highly satisfied with their college experiences. While they complain about some of the negative aspects of Houston (pollution, transportation, traffic, panhandlers), they also admit that there are many positive aspects to Rice's location (cultural and social opportunities of a big city, great restaurants!). Similarly, students have gripes about the University, including the increasingly bleak parking situation and a somewhat repetitive social scene (the same parties every year). Many aspects of Houston and Rice can be seen as both positive and negative. Houston weather is warm and temperate for the winter months, but it is oppressively hot and humid in the summer. Rice's small campus and student body are nice because they create a personal environment and allow students to meet more people and not just feel like faces in the crowd.
Rice students love the residential college system. They also find their courses to be challenging but manageable. With few exceptions, the instruction is very engaging, and professors are accessible and personally interested in students. Rice University is steeped in tradition, and some of these traditions (O-Week, Willy Week, and Beer Bike) are the most anticipated social events of the year. Rice is small enough that these events bring together almost the entire student body. The traditions, high academic standards, and amazing people that make up the Rice community create an extraordinary and irreplaceable environment, making Rice an incredibly unique and unparalleled university.
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"He had grown up with a cat," Shew explained.
For two months, Shew and fellow animal advocate Melisa Rollins have been working to find Lamar a permanent home. He was surrendered by his owner to animal control and was scheduled to be euthanized upon arrival. Shew rescued him and took him to an animal clinic, where he was neutered, vaccinated and tested for heart worms.
Lamar's former owner is a coworker of Shew's, who asked Shew in early April for help rehoming the dog.
"She was kind of put in a bind," Shew said, adding that Lamar was originally her coworker's niece's dog. When her niece moved, Shew's coworker was left with Lamar.
Shew began posting pictures of Lamar on her Facebook page with the hope of finding the dog a new home.
"I shared him probably 1,000 times," Shew said of her efforts on Facebook.
After the coworker moved to a house without a fenced in yard and Lamar acted aggressively toward another dog, Shew said her coworker felt it was time to call animal control.
Shew said Lamar is not aggressive toward humans; he just has not been socialized with other dogs.
"This dog is the victim of circumstance and neglect," Shew said. "You can't expect animals to get along, just like you can't expect people to get along. They're like children...you've got to teach them to mid."
After two months of searching for a new home, Lamar is now being boarded at the Gadsden clinic. Shew and Rollins were not able to find a dog rescue in the South willing to take him, but Furever Rescue, located in Chicago, Ill., offered to put him through "doggy boot camp" obedience classes and find him a new home.
Rollins said transporting pets from southern states to northern states is a growing trend. With stricter spay and neuter laws, northern pet shelters and rescue groups are often in need of animals to meet the demand for adoptions.
"They do not have the stray population, the abandoned population," Rollins said. "They're begging for animals up there … and dogs are being euthanized every week at Calhoun County Animal Control."
Lamar is catching a ride with some other furry friends to Atlanta next weekend, where a Furever Rescue representative will transport him to Chicago. But until then, Lamar needs help paying for his vet bills.
Shew estimated Lamar's bills at the clinic total around $450. She said she and Rollins are asking for community donations to help get Lamar "on his way to a better life." So far, they have raised about $25.
Shew said the community can help by calling Isbell Animal Hospital at 256-546-4681 to make a donation over the phone. She added check donations can be mailed to Isbell Animal Hospital at 320 North 12th Street in Gadsden.
Both Shew and Rollins are confident that, after a little help and training from Furever Rescue, Lamar will make a great pet.
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10th anniversary of establishing Kompania Piwowarska – the largest Polish brewing company
5 June 2009
The doubled market share, four times bigger sales, nearly five times larger profits and 2 billion invested in the development of breweries - these are the results of 10 years of existence of the Kompania Piwowarska, the number one brewing company on the Polish beer market. The Company was created in 1999 through the merger of two breweries, in Tychy and in Poznań, and today it boasts of four modern production entities.
Until the year 1999, the breweries in Poznań and Tychy, respectively, were completely independent, strong players on the Polish beer market. Their combined market share was listed at ca. 19.7%. It was a very good indicator as the beer market then used to be much fragmented. The portfolio of brands offered by those two breweries was also totally independent. After the merger, we started building a common portfolio. Tyskie, which was then already a strong brand, was identified as our leading brand. And quite correctly, as the time proved," reminisces Paweł Sudoł, President of Kompania Piwowarska.
Today, the Kompania Piwowarska is the largest and most profitable company on the Polish beer market. In the financial year F09 (12 months, concluded on March 31, 2009), the domestic sales of KP surpassed the level of 15 M hectoliters. The market share reached today 42.9% and the production capacity nearly 19 M hl of beer annually. The portfolio of KP's brands includes the biggest beers in Poland, like Tyskie (17%), Żubr (13%) or LECH (8%). The success of the Company can be traced to the strength of the brands, the passion of people working for KP, and the professionalism of employees, which springs from their international experience...
The motor force of growth
Alan Clark, Managing Director of SABMiller Europe (owner of the Kompania Piwowarska), comments the 10th anniversary of the Company this way:
Kompania Piwowarska from the very outset exhibited the signs of success, which was groundbreaking in itself. What makes it special is the professionalism of the employees. The goals are clear and so is the ambition, and the people crave success. When one enters the Company, one can really observe that tremendous professionalism. Another important distinguishing factor is the strength of the major brands of the Company. Brands such as Tyskie, LECH or Żubr are characterized by strength and flexibility. They are visible particularly well on the market. Many brands are extremely popular but the brands of KP have established an extremely high position on the market, and that is a very important indicator. Kompania Piwowarska plays much diversified roles for SABMiller, but in short one could say that KP is a motor force for growth of the Europeann division of the group. One could even venture a step further and say that KP is a motor force of growth for SABMiller as a whole."
The magic of numbers
Only in 10 years, Kompania Piwowarska has managed to secure the position of a leader on the Polish beer market (the year 2005), double its market share (from 19.7% to 42.9%), increase sales nearly four times (from 4 M hl to 15.1 M hl), together with the production capacity (from 5 M hl to 19 M hl). The Company registered also the nearly five times bigger increase in profits (from 170 M PLN to 757 M PLN) and four times bigger sales profits (from 1294 M PLN to 4754 M PLN). Today, KP employs 700 more employees than 10 years ago and boasts of the portfolio as large as 10 strong brands. It brews beer in 4 most modern Polish breweries located in Tychy, Poznań, Białystok, and Kielce, whose joint capacity reaches 19 M hl of beer annually. In order to reach that production capacity, in the past 10 years KP spent the sum of 2,000,000,000 PLN on the development of its four breweries.
Owing to such a large investment, the Tychy Brewery has become the biggest SABMiller brewery in Europe, and its production capacity has grown from 2.9 M hl to 8 M hl of beer annually. The brewery in Poznań expanded from the capacity of 2.1 M hl to as much as 7.5 M, while the brewery in Białystok from 800 K. hl to 2.5 M hl. In addition, the brewery in Kielce, purchased last year, has the capacity of producing 1 M hl annually.
10th anniversary of KOMPANIA PIWOWARSKA in numbers
Category 1999 - birth of KP 2009 - 10th anniversary of KP
Portfolio of brands Lech, Tyskie, 10.5 Tyskie, Lech, Żubr, Dębowe Mocne, Wojak, Redd's, Gingers, Pilsner Urquell, Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Miller Genuine Draft
Market share 19.7% 42.9%
Sales 4 M hl 15.1 M hl
Production capacity 5 M hl 19 M hl
Number of employees 2500 3200
Breweries comprising KP Lech Browary Wielkopolski (Poznań), Tyskie Browary Książęce (Tychy) Lech Browary Wielkopolski (Poznań), Tyskie Browary Książęce (Tychy), Browar Dojlidy (Białystok), Browar Belgia (Kielce)
Net profit 170 M PLN 757 M PLN
Sales profits 1,294 M PLN 4, 754 M PLN
Table 1: List of most important facts in the years 1999 - 2009.
More information on the 10th anniversary of KP can be found at http://kp.pl/pl/10_lat_KP
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Kompania Piwowarska [the Brewing Company] - the leader of the brewing industry in Poland
Kompania Piwowarska is the biggest brewing enterprise in Poland. Several centuries of experience in the brewing industry, state-of-the-art technology and the rigorous observance of the norms of production categorized as World Class Manufacturing guarantee the highest quality of the product. The company offers the following brands: TYSKIE (the favorite beer of Poles), ŻUBR (number two in volume sold in Poland), LECH, Dębowe Mocne, Redd's, Wojak, as well as international Premium brands like Pilsner Urquell, Miller Genuine Draft, and Peroni Nastro Azzurro. The Brewing Company was established in 1999 through a merger of Tyskie Browary Książęce [Tychy Duke's Brewery] and Lech Browary Wielkopolski [Lech Great Poland Brewery]. Browar Dojlidy [Dojlidy Brewery] in Białystok joined the Company in 2003 and the Brewery of Kielce in 2008. The volume of sales by the KP reached 15.1 M hectoliters of beer in the financial year concluded on March 31, 2009. .
SABMiller - one the biggest world manufacturers of beer
Kompania Piwowarska is a part of one of the biggest manufacturers of beer in the world - SABMiller plc. The group produces or distributes beer on six continents, and its portfolio includes internationally known Premium brands (among others, Grolsch, Miller Genuine Draft, Peroni Nastro Azzurro or Pilsner Urquell, as well as leading local brands like Aquilla, Castle Lager, Miller Lite, Snow, and Tyskie). SABMiller plc is among the biggest companies in the world (outside of the US) bottling the products of Coca-Cola. In the financial year of 2009, concluded on March 31, SABMiller registered gross receipts of 25.3 B dollars and reached gross profits of 3.4 billion dollars. SABMiller plc is listed on London and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges.
Additional information can be obtained from:
Katarzyna Wilczewska
Public Affairs Manager
Fax: +48 61 87 87 850
Mobile: +48 601 887 966


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There are a variety of reasons for harvesting your own seeds; some personal, some environmental. Perhaps you have a variety that you like and you are concerned that seed companies may discontinue stocking it. You saw some wildflowers while on an outdoor hike that you'd like to grow in your own garden. You have a heritage variety and you want to continue growing it in future years. You want to trade some of your seeds with some of a friend's seeds, you want to grow organic seeds, or maybe you just want to save money and avoid buying new annuals next year. Whatever the reason, you don't need to be a botanist or a farmer to do it. If you can grow plants, you can produce your own seeds. There are however, a few things you may want to know before you get started.
Plants either have all the parts to pollinate themselves, (called self-pollinators) or they are aided in accomplishing this by insects, the wind, or human intervention (cross-pollinators). Self-pollinators are commonly referred to as 'perfect flowers' as they contain all the parts to successfully pollinate themselves. The comparatively imperfect cross-pollinators produce all the parts to pollinate, but not all in one place. Parts are divided between blooms or are 'self-incompatible', identifying their own pollen as foreign material. Pollen must find its way from one plant to the next. This method is preferable for the survival of the species because it ensures that the plants produce genetically diverse seeds– seeds that contain different genetic information or traits then the original plant. This enables the plant to better adapt itself to the environment it is in, or acquire traits that will help it become more disease resistant. Self-pollinators on the other hand, essentially produce clones, which makes them more susceptible to any problems that may arise.
Be aware that if you want cross-pollination to occur in your garden, you need to make your garden favorable to pollinating insects or be prepared to do all the pollinating yourself. Grow plants nearby that attract pollinators–butterfly bush, Queen Anne's lace, bee balm, salvia, and cleome are a few, and avoid using chemical sprays that will kill all insects both harmful and beneficial.
In some cases you might want to keep cross-pollination from taking place. Plants that are closely related, for example different varieties of melons, will cross-pollinate producing seeds that are a mix of the two varieties. If you want to keep your varieties true, plant similar species of plants on opposite ends of your garden.
Open Pollenated, Heirloom, and Hybrid
Before you decide to save the seeds from a particular plant you will need to know whether they are Open-pollinated, Heirloom or Hybrid. Open-pollinated plants are those pollinated–naturally or through human intervention–by the same species of plant. Heirlooms are older plant varieties that have maintained relatively unchanged in a particular region for several generations, and all are open-pollinated. Hybrids are plants that have been cross-pollinated using two different species of the same genus of plant. They are bred professionally under controlled conditions, to produce certain desirable traits. Grocery store produce is usually hybridized and often bred for mass production or large-scale farming. Many of the characteristics that are bred into these plants, such as thick skins for transport, or high water content for size, are not desirable for small-scale gardening. This is one reason why you may not want to save seeds from store bought produce. Seed packaged for the home gardener by seed companies may also be hybridized. These plants are bred to contain traits that are desirable to the small scale gardener such as colour and taste. However, seeds produced by these hybrids doesn't guarantee that those desirable traits will be carried over to the next generation. In most cases the such traits may actually disappear entirely after a few generations. Or the seeds may be sterile and won't produce fruit anyway. Either way, growing seeds from hybrids is a gamble. Checking the seed packet or catalogue of the grower is one way to find out whether seed are hybrids. Packets will often say F1 to indicate hybrids or OP to indicate open-pollinated.
If this will be your first time saving seeds, start out with some easy plants that flawlessly produce seeds without any intervention. Annuals such as cosmos, marigolds, pansies, corn flowers and many others are some of the easiest. Collect seeds from the highest quality and healthiest plants. A good specimen is disease and pest free, has bright foliage and flowers, and grows vigorously.
Under usual circumstances snipping flower heads off after they are spent (deadheading) is crucial to encouraging a plant to continue producing new flowers. To save seed, leave the flowers on the stem after the flower dies off instead. That way, the plant will start putting its resources into producing seed instead of new flowers.
Before long a seedpod will replace the spent flower. Don't remove the seed head right away: leave it on the stems as long as possible, letting it ripen within the pod. Seeds are generally ready when the pod turns brown, dries out or cracks open. If you notice that the seed pod is prone to cracking open on it's own (snapdragons, violas, pansies), attach a lunch-sized paper bag around it using an elastic or string, catching the seeds as they fall. When the seeds are fully ripe, cut the stem at the base of the plant and shake the seed head inside the bag to dislodge the seeds from the casing. If some seeds are lost to the soil they will come up on their own next year. This is called self-seeding, and many annuals reproduce themselves this way.
If the seed heads are not fully dry and ripe when you cut them off, either hang the stems (with the seed cases) or lay them flat to dry on a newspaper or paper towel pad away from direct light. Make sure that all seeds are completely dry before removing them from the pods: if you package them before they are fully dry they will go moldy in storage. This is the simplest way; it's easier to dry the whole seed head then a bunch of loose seeds. When the pod is dry, extract the seeds by carefully crushing or breaking open the seedpods. Separate crushed debris from the seeds by sifting everything through a fine mesh screen. The debris will fall through and the seeds will remain on top of the screen. Some seeds such as those from marigolds or black-eyed susans can simply be pulled from the seed head.
Seeds from fruits and vegetables should be collected when plants are at their peak, before they are over-ripe and decay has set in. Some vegetables such as beans are the exception and should be harvested when the pods are dry. Seeds from most fruits and vegetables are incased inside a wet environment (the part usually eaten). In the case of very wet pulp such as tomatoes, the seeds can be washed from the pulp and then laid out to dry on newspaper or a screen. The same can be done with pumpkins, squash and other soft pulp vegetables. In the case of harder pulp fruits and vegetables they are simply opened up and the seeds removed manually.
Storing Seeds
The best way to store seeds is to package them in paper envelopes or bags since they allow for good air circulation and don't sweat. However, any container will do, keeping in mind that humidity and lack of air circulation will cause mold, disease and prompt seeds to germinate prematurely. Film canisters for one aren't recommended as the plastic promotes humidity and stagnant air. The temperature should be cool to make longer storage possible-refrigerator storage will work if you can't find a naturally cool place. Be sure to write the date, name of plant and any growing instructions you are aware of on the envelope or package. This will come in handy when using the seeds a year or more later, and will be appreciated if you give the seeds to someone else. It's worth it (but not necessary) to put a bit of extra effort into the packaging if the seeds are to be given away. Use specialty papers for the envelopes or create fancy labels to mark them. Some envelope and label templates are provided here for you to print out on any paper (or sticker paper for labels that is compatible with your printer type).
Store seeds carefully by placing envelopes inside large glass jars with a bag of silica or powdered milk. These products absorb excess moisture. Reuse the tiny bags of silica gel that come inside new shoes–dry them for a few minutes at a very low temperature in your oven. Alternatively, make a tiny package of powdered milk by pouring a pile into the centre of a piece of breathable fabric or tissue paper. Pull the corners together and close it up with a piece of string or elastic to create a sachet. The best jars for storage are wide mouth mason jars used for canning. They have the proper airtight seal that is essential for long term storage. If you store the jars in a cool, dark place the seeds should last from a year to a few years, depending on the type.
Testing Your Seeds
If you are saving your seeds for extended periods of time, test the seeds before you use them to see if they will still germinate. This is easily done by placing 20 or so seeds (depending on size) onto a half-piece of damp paper towel. Fold it over so that the seeds are covered. Then place it in a plastic baggy with a few pinholes punched into it and set it aside in a dark, warm place. Bear in mind that some seeds need light to germinate and some have other specific requirements-some may need to be soaked first, or may require a certain temperature for germination. Knowing your seeds will help you in this process: however most seeds will do fine with the standard procedure. After a week check to see how many seeds have germinated. Again some seeds will have a longer germination period than others, so if they haven't germinated by week's end, wait another week to be certain. If a fair number of seeds have germinated then the seeds are good and can be used with little trouble. If few seeds germinate, increase the number of seeds sown per inch or don't bother using them at all.
Plants for Beginners
- bachelor's button
- nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)
- forget-me-not
- pansy/viola (Viola x wittrockiana)
- marigold (Tangetes)
- foxglove (digitalus)
- snapdragon (Antirrhinum)
- poppy (Papaver)
- love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena)
- blanket flower (Gaillardia)
- columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris)
- black-eyed susan (Rudbeckiahirta)
- cosmos
- zinnia
- tomatoes
- beans
- squash
- pumpkin
Make Decorative Envelopes
To get you started on making and decorating your own seed packets we have designed a small envelope template and labels that you can print out in colour or black & white. We have also designed four seed packets of common garden plants: snapdragon, viola/pansy, Oriental poppy and columbine. The packet includes a full colour illustration of the plant, as well as care and seed sowing instructions on the back. Instructions for putting the envelopes together are included on the print-out.
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Print the labels onto plain or sticker paper. We used plain, white sticker paper and clear sticker paper available for use with ink jet printer.
Print the envelopes onto any paper that is appropriate for your printer. We used construction paper, plain paper, colour ink jet paper and clear, thin vellum. If you are using vellum use rubber cement to seal.


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