Photo of the Week: Seed Libraries

A black drawer is open with two rows of index cards divided with orange tabs naming the type of plant, along with dividers for specific plant varieties for tomatoes, tomatillos, and more.

Folks of a certain age might quickly recognize the card dividers and look from today’s photo of the week.

It’s a drawer from the Westland Public Library Seed Library, where anyone can borrow seeds provided from community members.

Yes, it looks like a library card catalog.

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Photo of the Week: Welcoming Signs of Spring

Pointy small red buds poke through the brown dirt of the front courtyard, buds no more than one inch tall.

While I’m glad we had a real winter in southeast Michigan this year, with no major early warmups, I’m ready to say farewell to wind chills in the single digits, snow showers, and temperatures over 40 degrees Fahrenheit we’ve had in the past week. I was thrilled to see more signs of spring show up… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Welcoming Signs of Spring