[Diana in Wisconsin]

Roses: No vole problems so far - the roses are in raised beds.

Seed Savers - we had a store on Monroe Street in Madison, WI. I worked there for 8 years. When Kent & Diane divorced, we closed the store and moved all operations back to the farm at Decorah, IA. I was offered a job there, but my kids were still in HS, so I wasn’t interested in taking it and moving us all to Iowa. I now, however, live less than an hour from The Mighty Mississippi and Iowa. ;)

I did get to set up the new Visitor Center and Gift Shop at the farm. That was a lot of fun. Lillian Goldman (of the Goldman-Sacks Empire!) gave us $100K in her will, so we built the Visitor Center and other educational things, being a non-profit and all.

I’m still in touch with Diane, and her son, Aaron (who I worked for) lives a stone’s throw from me on his farm where he raises the White Park cattle for beef, and to keep the species going, and has his own seed company, now.

Shameless plugs:

http://www.seedsavers.org

https://awhaley.com/

https://amygoldmanfowler.com/

[Ellendra]

Seed Savers - we had a store on Monroe Street in Madison, WI. I worked there for 8 years. When Kent & Diane divorced, we closed the store and moved all operations back to the farm at Decorah, IA.

I remember that store. I was sad when they closed.

I went to high school just down the road from there. My schedule sometimes got goofy and left me with a bunch of free periods in a row, so I'd wander over to the seed shop and wish I had a big enough garden to grow every single variety.

I think I even used one of the books I got there for a class research project.