====Getting seeds====

There are many ways you can get seeds for free or little money.

===Fraternités Ouvrières Seed Shop===

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I bought most of my seeds at the Fraternités Ouvrières seed shop, in Mouscron. This permaculture adepts have a wonderful garden and a non-profit seed shop (basically a consumers group buying seeds in large quantities for the community). For 30€, I could get 40 different kind of seeds of many diverse varieties.

Be careful, some seeds may be old and not viable any more.

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===Graines de Troc===

[[http://www.grainesdetroc.fr|Graines de troc]] is a very nice website, where you can barter you seeds with other gardeners. When you propose new varieties to the members, you get some free tokens to get seeds.

===Plant Catching===

[[http://www.plantcatching.com|Plant Catching]] is a website based on the gift economy. No barter here, you just propose your extra seeds and plants, and you can get the ones from the other people in your neighborhood.

===Pro Specie Rara===

[[http://www.prospecierara.ch/fr/home|Pro Specie Rara]] is a Geneva-based NGO. I got free tomato seeds from one of their [[http://www.stadt-tomaten.ch|conservation operation]]

===From Friends===

Rasa gave me some of her seeds, and some seed exchanges are planned with other friends in Brussels, Paris and Switzerland.