Tag Archives: seed saving

Seed Saving – Simple Starter Tips

Simple Starter Tips Start With the Seeds: To grow good seed, you must plant good seed, look for heirloom varieties. Basic Biology: Insects and wind can cross-pollinate your plants. Isolate or keep distance between plants you want to collect seeds from. Watch Your Plants: Observation is important. Seeds ripen in mature plants, timing will vary depending on plant […]

Seed Saving Saturday

dried hot peppers: makes collecting the seeds a lot less painful  gorgeous sunflower pretty phenomenal that one seed can turn into so many more …. and this is only one of the heads that came one sunflower seed. seed saving is magical and addictive  last of the tomatoes into the bank for winter  pretty nice […]

How to Save Tomato Seeds

how i save my tomato seeds A Step by Step Photo Demonstration Select a ripe heirloom tomato (or several) Cut in half horizontally Squeeze out seeds and juice into a jar Let sit for a week. The liquid will start to ferment, and a layer of mould will form on the top. Add water, the […]

summer in the seed garden

garden plan  basil is getting big & smelling great! Despite getting a late start in getting everything planted. things are growing like gang busters in the seed garden. i am trying to grow some exciting new things this season. growing five new types of lettuce for seed and working on an artichoke growing experiment. lots […]