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[Keith Addison <keith AT journeytoforever.org>]

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