How To Properly Store Your Saved Seeds
In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, you may have tried to purchase seeds for your garden and found them more challenging to find than ever before. As I discussed in a previous post, the good news is that there is still a healthy supply of seeds. And, with a few tips and tricks, you’ll […]
Seed Saving Part 4: Storing And Testing
Seeds, like all living things, have a lifespan. How long they last depends on factors including the seed variety and conditions during growth and processing. However, the way seeds are stored has an enormous impact on their vigor and longevity. Correctly preserving them will ensure your efforts to save seeds reaps long term rewards.
Looking For Seeds And Can’t Find Any? No Need To Panic
First, it was hand sanitizer. Then toilet paper. Then canned goods and other grocery items. Whether it was hoarding, not enough stock to begin with, or a combination of both – we’ve grown accustomed recently to seeing empty shelves in various sections of our local stores and ridiculous prices on certain items via online retailers. […]
Seed Saving Part 3: Harvesting & Processing Seeds
Saving seeds starts with growing and nurturing healthy plants, so the seeds are ripe and mature. The next steps are to harvest, dry, clean, and process the seeds, ready for storage until you’re ready to plant. Harvesting Guidelines Collect seeds only from the best quality plants you have identified for saving. Stop picking leaves or […]
Seed Saving Part 2: Selecting Seeds and Controlling Pollination
This article originally appeared in Garden Culture Magazine UK31 & US29. Our food security begins and ends with seeds. Heirloom and organic seeds, in particular, are under threat with the decrease in seed diversity. More growers are needed to develop and grow vegetables and continue sharing the skills and knowledge required for seed conservation. There […]
Heirloom Seeds In All Their Glory
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_layout=”light”] Maybe you’re a sustainable gardener who likes to preserve your seeds year after year. Or maybe you’re just trying to distance yourself from the world of GMOs. You could also be looking to diversify your gardens. Luckily, heirloom seeds can help you do all three. For those looking to achieve […]
Save Seed Sharing Campaign
Last summer when Pennsylvannia’s Department of Agriculture shut down the seed library at the Mechanicsville Public Library stating that they were breaking laws the news went viral with gardeners, off-griders, and food activists blasting thousands of complaints into the blogosphere. Now sustainable economy attorney, Neil Thapar, having studied these laws for many states, reports that […]