Ep072 Perfectly Perennial - Growing Tradition.

• Main Author: Jarvis, Dale
• Other Authors: Rubin, Dan
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Oral traditions; expressions and the written word; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_oral/id/717

Since arriving in Newfoundland fifteen years ago, Dan Rubin has been deeply involved in local history and heritage, as the founding chair of the Pouch Cove Heritage Society. He was lead author and editor of the book Pouch Cove: Our Home by the Sea which received the Manning award for community history in 2016. But Dan is also a groundbreaking gardener and seedsman. He is here today to talk about how he is helping preserve and extend local traditions of food production in his community and across our province while working as the manager of Perfectly Perennial Herbs and Seeds. We discuss the seed company, extending the gardening season, biannual plants, walking onions, food security, root cellar technology, north-adapted plants, and the importance of workshops and passing on agricultural traditions!