Saving seeds.

Many will say saving seeds isn’t a great idea or that whatever you’re saving seeds from has to be over ripe or dried out.

I haven’t found either of these statements to be true, I’ll go on record and say I’m not an expert though! I once, just for grins and giggles took a couple of seeds from a sweet pepper I was cutting up for the youngest and stuck them in with a house plant.

I was surprised they all germinated. Even better still they went on to produce fruit that tasted exactly like the store bought peppers did. I’ve been saving seeds off and on for most of my life, I’ve had many successes and probably nearly as many failures.

I’m stepping up my game this year though. While these are not my first seed packets, I think I made one last year, these are the start of a far more serious collection to come.

From seeds I saved for this year I have a decent cantaloupe patch growing and a good sized garlic patch from store bought bulbs as well. The garlic needs dug up and stored so I can seperate and replant this fall.

These are all small things but they are leading into more sustainability for us, less food we will need to buy, more money freed up to invest into more sustainability and food security for our family.

My artwork and seed packet design could use improving but they will do for now and since I’m not trying to sell them I think they are ok.

I will however have my plant dealers license for next year and a mess of plants for sale. That was my goal for this year but mice got into my seedlings and had quite the feast at my expense.

I am also trying to start some fruit trees from seed, I have read it is a waste of time and shouldn’t be bothered with but I have also read where people were quite happy with fruits from their efforts at seed starting

I figure worst case scenario is I’ll have root stock to graft onto. Assuming I can get them to live.

Best of luck and happy growing!