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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

Ah, I use old nylons and pantyhose <g>

For seed saving, I make little envelopes (origami folding things) out of 
archieve paper (no acids, etc.) and label them using address labels that I 
print off the computer giving dates and types and any other info I want to 
stick on them.  Then they go in those Christmas tins I have laying around. 
Some go in the very back of the bottom shelves of the mudroom and some go in 
the freezer.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>

> 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.