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[Keith Addison <keith AT journeytoforever.org>]

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