Its seed collecting time! This is an addictive and satisfying past time, if you haven't done it before, have a go-its easy (see the seed collecting hints liftout). You can do it while waiting for kids to finish their sports match, while fishing along a riverbank, wandering in the bush, or having a cuppa on the side of the road. The Understorey Network banks on seeds to keep it running - we need more seeds.

The seedbank has been depleted with the latest Grower's Scheme underway, and 45 growers statewide receiving seeds. Every bit helps, even if its just a teaspoon full of peas! You don't need to clean and sieve seed pods/nuts/capsules, just keep them in a labelled paperbag or envelope in a cool dry place.

The Understorey Network now has two sets of stacking sieves, one in the north and one in the south - I will organise seed cleaning days in the colder months in your area, or here at Greening Australia, using the sieves.

We need seed from all areas around Tasmania, to ensure we can offer seeds with local provenance to growers.

We need seeds from a wide diversity of plants and trees.

Many of the daisies are nearly ready to collect. Keep an eye on the pea family, as the seeds are released suddenly when ripe.

The following municipalities have no, or very few, seeds in the seedbank:

Municipality	Localities
Break O'Day	Bicheno, St Helens, Scamander
Central Coast	Ulverstone, Penguin, Riana
Central Highlands	Bothwell, Hamilton, Ouse, Miena
Circular Head	Stanley, Smithton, Marrawah
Glamorgan-Spring Bay	Swansea, Triabunna, Buckland
Kentish	Sheffield, Cradle Valley, Barrington
Latrobe	Port Sorell, Latrobe
Meander Valley	Hagley, Deloraine, Weegena
Northern Midlands	Ross, Campbell Town, Longford
Southern Midlands	Bagdad, Oatlands, Pontville
Waratah-Wynyard	Sisters Beach, Wynyard, Yolla
West Coast	Zeehan, Strahan, Queenstown

Seeds that are commonly used, and we need are listed below. It would be very useful if you can collect some of these from your area:

Species	Common Name
Acacia genistifolia	Spreading Wattle
Acacia lanogifolia	Coastal Wattle
Acacia mucronata	Sallow Wattle
Acacia riceana	Arching Wattle
Acacia verticillata	Prickly Moses
Aotus ericoides	Golden Pea
Austrodanthonia sp.	Wallaby Grass
Banksia marginata	Banksia
Bossiaea sp.	Pea
Bulbine bulbosa	Bulbine Lily
Bursaria spinosa	Prickly Box
Bursaria spinosa	Prickly Box
Callistemon pallidus	Lemon Bottlebrush
Carex appressa	Tall Sedge
Chrysocephalum sp.	Everlasting Daisy
Daviesia ulicifolia	Native Gorse
Dillwynia sp.	Parrotpea
Diplarrena moaea	White Flag Iris
Helichrysum scorpioides	Culing Everlasting
Indigofera australis	Native Indigo
Juncus pallidus	Rush
Kennedia prostrata	Running Postman
Leptospermum lanigerum	Woolly Teatree
Leptospermum scoparium	Manuka
Lomandra longifolia	Sagg
Melaleuca gibbosa	Scented Honeymyrtle
Melaleuca squarrosa	Scented Paperbark
Olearia sp.	Daisybush
Poa labillardierei	Silver Tussock Grass
Pultenea daphnoides	Heartleaf Bushpea
Pultenea juniperina	Prickly Beauty
Themeda triandra	Kangaroo Grass