Saving Seeds from Your Garden
For many gardeners, the garden actually begins in January when the first seed catalog arrives in the mailbox. While the cold wind howls outside, we retire to a cozy chair and leaf through the catalog, carefully notating which varieties of lettuce and tomatoes to try and wishing we had the space to plant each and every flower so artfully displayed on its pages. But have you ever wondered where your great-grandparents acquired the seeds for their gardens, before there were seed catalogs and fancy garden centers? They saved seeds for the next year from their own gardens! Saving seeds from your own flowers or vegetables is a wonderful way to fully experience the cycle of plant growth. It's also much less expensive than buying seeds each spring, and seeds saved from your plants will be well suited to the peculiarities of your own garden's growing conditions. Not only that, it's also quite a simple process. Save seeds only from vigorous, healthy plants. Some plant diseases may b...