Saving for the Future

Creating a Seed Bank in order to Save for the Future

Day #18

In today’s post is near and dear to my heart so I’m glad to be sharing with you today.  I’m always big on being more self sufficient all while knowing your never truly “self” sufficient and that is ok and as it should be. Community is important so I’m very thankful you are here.

Seed saving or as this year’s buzz word is “Seed Bank” is fairly simple and it’s truly amazing.

Something about watching the garden grow in such amazement will never grow old to me.  With seed saving the cycle continues and life goes on.  You start with a single seed, in some cases a spec and it grows to be a gigantic nutrient filled food that you get to harvest and enjoy. And guess what? It goes to seed, you save that seed and the cycle continues.  I’m amazed at the efficiency of God’s work.

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Quick Steps to Seed saving:

  1. Start with heirloom seeds
  2. Allow to ripen or dry on the vine
  3. Follow a drying method
  4. Store for next year

Make sure to label with type and year!


Top reasons to save your own seed!

 

Adapt Seeds to Your Garden
When you save your own seeds those seeds get smarter! They’ll learn to adapt to your climate and soil conditions. So Smart!

Help Pollinators
A lot of varieties will go to flower which then produces the seed, while it’s flowering the pollinators will love them! Having pollinators around is a great thing with the garden.

Control Your Food Supply
When you save seed and start your own plants you know exactly what’s going into them. It’s great for organic farmers and gardeners. It just doesn’t get any better!

 


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Best types of crops to start with:

Beans, Peas, Herbs, Lettuce, Eggplant, Peppers, Tomatoes

 

Hard seeds to save:

Anything biennial – carrots, onions, cabbages Or easily cross pollinated – Cucumbers, Squash, Corn

 

Three ways to save these seeds:

Dry – Wet – Fermentation

 

Dry Seeds: lettuce, beets, cilantro, beans

Wet Seeds: peppers, eggplant, squash seeds

Fermentation Seeds: Tomato, cucumbers, zucchini

 

When following the 3 different process types I suggest using ceramic plates and not drying on paper towel as the little fibers will stick to the seeds,  it’s not fun trust me.

 

How to store your seeds:

Glass jars with tight lights – reusing old canning lids. Store them in dry, cool, pest free places. They should be labeled with the variety and year.  Make sure the seeds have completely dried out before storing in the jars with lids on! You can test a lot of seeds by “denting” them with your fingernail. They should not dent at all and this will show you they are dried enough.  Always error on the side of caution.

PRO TIP: Do not use all your seeds from each year, keep several out from each year in case of cross pollination or other issues that may arise so you have seeds to fall back on.  

 

 

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If your NEW Start HERE

Day #1 The Love of Gardening

Day #2 Top Gardening Tips to Start Today

Day #3 Seeds

Day #4 Being Present

Day #5  Garden Planning

Day #6 Learn to Grow Anywhere

Day #7 Top Tools to Have on Hand

Day #8 Learn about Good pests in your garden

Day #9 Vertical Gardening

Day #10 Gardening Quick Guides

Day #11 Creating a Compost

Day #12 Introduction to Herbs Part 1

Day #13 Introduction to Herbs Part 2

Day#14 Children in the Garden

Day #15 Growing Root Vegetables

Day #16 Tomato Time

Day #17  All about the Dry Bean

 

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