<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><base href="x-msg://55/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"Sandra J. Repp" <<a href="mailto:sjr37@cornell.edu">sjr37@cornell.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>[sustainable_tompkins-l] FREE SEEDS available at Cooperative Extension!</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">December 22, 2016 2:30:41 PM EST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">TC-HSC-L <<a href="mailto:TC-HSC-L@list.cornell.edu">TC-HSC-L@list.cornell.edu</a>>, SUSTAINABLE_TOMPKINS-L <<a href="mailto:SUSTAINABLE_TOMPKINS-L@list.cornell.edu">SUSTAINABLE_TOMPKINS-L@list.cornell.edu</a>>, NWAEG-L <<a href="mailto:NWAEG-L@list.cornell.edu">NWAEG-L@list.cornell.edu</a>>, "Fingerlakes Permaculture List (<a href="mailto:fingerlakespermaculture@lists.ibiblio.org">fingerlakespermaculture@lists.ibiblio.org</a>)" <<a href="mailto:fingerlakespermaculture@lists.ibiblio.org">fingerlakespermaculture@lists.ibiblio.org</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"Patricia A. Curran" <<a href="mailto:pc21@cornell.edu">pc21@cornell.edu</a>>, "Chrys B. Gardener" <<a href="mailto:cab69@cornell.edu">cab69@cornell.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">"Sustainability in Tompkins County" <<a href="mailto:sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu">sustainable_tompkins-l@list.cornell.edu</a>><br></span></div><br><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: center; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">FREE SEEDS AVAILABLE AT COOPERATIVE EXTENSION!</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County recently received several generous seed donations from vendors including Seedway, Burpee and others, and our free seed cabinets now are bursting with flower, vegetable and herb seeds. We invite the public to come and take some FREE seeds for your own gardens. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Here’s how it works: seed packets are organized in 2 cabinets, one for flowers, another for vegetables and herbs. Everyone is welcome to come and take some seeds for free, but to keep the system fair, we've put these guidelines into place:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ol start="1" type="1" style="margin-bottom: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Only 1 visit per month</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Limit of 10 seed packets per household per visit</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">So that we may track the success of the free seed program, we ask those taking seeds to write down their name, email and number of seeds they have taken. The Seed Cabinets are located in our Agriculture/Environment office and can be visited weekdays from 8:30am-4:30pm. Tompkins County Cornell Cooperative Extension is located at 615 Willow Avenue in Ithaca (Dey St. exit from Route 13). More about our seed cabinets can be found at:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ccetompkins.org/gardening/help-for-gardeners/free-seed-cabinets" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">http://ccetompkins.org/gardening/help-for-gardeners/free-seed-cabinets</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Questions? Call (607) 272-2292 for more information. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Note: CCE-Tompkins will be closed on Monday, December 26th and Monday, January 2nd.<br><br></span></i></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Sandy Repp<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">615 Willow Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Ithaca, New York 14850-3555<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">(607) 272-2292 x158<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Visit<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://ccetompkins.org/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: blue; ">http://ccetompkins.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Find CCE-Tompkins on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ccetompkins" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: blue; ">Facebook</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Sign up for our monthly<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/manage/optin/ea?v=001Z7hIRkw1NZd9zwGKItmsIA%3D%3D" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span style="color: blue; ">e-newsletter</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; "> </span></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>