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Volunteers prepare for Seed Swap

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Harold Aubry, rear and left, and his wife, Linda Aubry, of Maumee, sort seed packets.

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Nancy Grindulis, of Toledo, places Detroit Dark Red Beets into small envelopes, left, and Sue Wilson, also of Toledo, labels envelopes for sunflower seeds.

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A few of the shelves holding Toledo GROWS' seeds. Some seed packets will be given out at the Seed Swap, and others will be used to grow the more than 6000 seedlings that Toledo GROWS gives to area community gardens.

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Toledo Botanical Garden's Susan Noblet, Urban Farm & Facilities Coordinator for Toledo GROWS, left, pulls up the frost protection covering from some of the lettuce and spinach crop growing at the Robert J. Anderson Urban Agriculture Center in downtown Toledo. The garden's market stand is open 11 a.m.-3 p.m., and sells, in addition to spinach and varieties of lettuces, kale, herbs, including cilantro, and eggs.

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Envelopes of seeds awaiting Spring.

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Nancy Grindulis, of Toledo, pours a large bag of Detroit Dark Red Beets into a bowl before she repackages them into small envelopes.

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Deb Kramer, of Holland, left, and Marilyn Bodner, of Toledo, inventory the Toledo GROWS T-shirts and Bags that will be on sale at the Seed Swap.

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