Vermont cranberry beans harvested. These were freshly picked, it is best to let the pods dry on the plant when growing for seed

Peppers starting to come along. Let peppers ripen fully on the plant before picking. You can just cut the seeds out. set them aside to dry & enjoy the fruit

My wild seed garden. Full of pollinator plants & veggies going to seed

Striped cavern tomatoes in their stages of ripening. I love these heirlooms. They were the first seeds I saved over ten years ago & still part of my collection

Lettuce, bolted & started to produce flowers, which whose pods will contain the seeds

Lettuce, fully bolted & sending out massive amounts of flowers, once bloomed, they will die back & brown & the pods will be full of new seeds to spread and plant next season

Royal Burgandy Beans. To save bean seeds, you need to let them grow well past the point of eating ripeness on the plants. Here they are starting to loose their colour & swell with bean seed. They will need to brown and dry on the plant. The seeds will rattle inside the plants when ready

Red Swan Bean starting to swell and produce seeds

Purple Flower Fava Bean. Long way to go to getting seed as they are just flowering, but they are so beautiful, I wanted to include them here.

Green Beans swelling and producing seed

Lazy Housewife Beans. These are new to my collection, happy to see them growing so well. Full of bean seeds swelling!

I overwintered these beets & replanted them this spring, and now they are going to seed!

Carouby Peas are just ready to be picked for seed soon. Just need to dry down a bit on the plant first

Arugula going to seed. It first bolted & produce lovely white flowers & then the pods (pictured in front) grew & filled with seed. Just letting them dry down & brown a bit more before picking

Tango Lettuce in the bolting stage