[Homestead] Seed saving 101
Keith Addison
keith at journeytoforever.org
Sun Mar 1 14:48:48 EST 2009
Hi Gene
>Thanks, Keith. Good stuff.
You're most welcome.
I just read a review at amazon by a feller named Gene GeRue of
Suzanne Ashworth's "Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques
for Vegetable Gardeners", also good stuff, thanks!
<http://www.amazon.com/Seed-Growing-Techniques-Vegetable-Gardeners/dp/1882424581/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235923886&sr=1-1>
>Happy to know that those rumors of you being eaten by the hogs is
>untrue.
Hogs, naah - it was Muscovies. :-) Lots of hogs here actually, wild
boar, they come down from the mountains (that's 20 feet away), we
often hear them scuffling about the place at night, but I still
haven't seen one, let alone been devoured.
Too darn busy for mailing lists these days.
All best
Keith
>Gene GeRue
>www.RURALIZE.com
>
>
>On Mar 1, 2009, at 7:59 AM, Keith Addison wrote:
>
>> Worth a read - Seed Saving Procedures at Salt Spring Seeds, from
>> Seed and Plant Sanctuary for Canada
>> <http://www.seedsanctuary.com/articles/seedsaving.cfm>
>>
>>
>>> Greetings Bev
>>>
>>> Lisa Erwin has produced a useful guide to seed saving for community
>>> food security. Particulars about seed sources and regional growing
>>> notes apply to the U.S., but the guide will be useful anywhere. Free
>>> download - there's a PDF version here:
>>> <http://mindspinner.net/docs/SeedSaving1-0.pdf> (344 kb, 48 pages)
>>> and an editable Word version here:
>>> <http://mindspinner.net/docs/SeedSaving1-0.doc> (476 kb). Anyone is
>>> free to revise in order to customize the doc for a particular region.
>>>
>>> Hope it helps - all best
>>>
>>> Keith Addison
>>> Journey to Forever
>>> http://journeytoforever.org/
>>>
>>>
>>>> I don't save as much seed as I could. I think that in the future it
>>>> will be even more important to save seed, because I am increasingly
>>>> distrustful of seed companies in general. I'd like to hear how
>>>> some of
>>>> you save seed from things like the brassicas or radishes. Do you
>>>> use
>>>> paper bags? How do you affix the bag? Do you bend the stem or
>>>> leave it
>>>> upright? How do you judge when the to put the bag on? When I have
>>>> tried this in the past, I have mis-timed the seed ripening and put
>>>> the
>>>> bag on too early. Does anyone use plastic instead of paper? It
>>>> would
>>>> be nice to see the seed/flower through the bag, but I think the
>>>> greenhouse effect might generate too much heat and moisture. '
>>>> So, if anyone is up for writing up a Seed Saving 101 tutorial, I'd
>>>> love it.
>>>> Obviously, I save my tomato, peppers, squash, beans, sunflowers, and
>>>> corn seeds...large seeds, no problema. It is the small seeds that
>>>> give
>>>> me pause.
>>>>
>>>> Also, I'd like to hear how people store their seeds from year to
>>>> year.
>>>>
>>>> Bev
>>>> --
>>>> I am having an out-of-money experience.
> >>> EarthNSky Farm, Northwest Georgia, USA
>
>Gene GeRue
>www.RURALIZE.com
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