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My Garden: Saving Tomato Seeds

Have you ever had an heirloom tomato that you really enjoyed? Have you ever tried to save the seeds? Tomato seeds are one of the easiest seeds to save other than beans! Most tomato plants will not cross with another tomato due to their retracted styles. (Remember those plant parts from Biology?) This year aContinue reading “My Garden: Saving Tomato Seeds”

My Garden: The Last Seed Saving Class

Don’t forget to enter the WonderMill Grain Mill Giveaway! Click here to enter! Remember when I attended my first seed saving class? It was May and the garden was just beginning. It was so much fun to follow Sylvia’s garden through the seasons. I learned as much from Sylvia as I did from the otherContinue reading “My Garden: The Last Seed Saving Class”

My Garden: Growing Rice in Vermont?

It’s the time of the month when I attend my seed saving class. This class is so enjoyable and I always come away having learned something! This August class focused on harvest of seeds. Sylvia had several varieties of lettuce, which had gone to seed. She is very careful and harvests the seedpods when theyContinue reading “My Garden: Growing Rice in Vermont?”

My Garden: Sylvia’s Seed Saving Class #3

Attending the seed saving class is one of the highlights of the month for me. Sylvia’s gardens are always picture perfect and it’s amazing to see the difference one month makes in her gardens. Of course my gardens change as well, but since I’m in them everyday I don’t see it so clearly. TheContinue reading “My Garden: Sylvia’s Seed Saving Class #3”

My Garden: Seed Saving Class #2

It’s always hard to give up a chunk of time to go do something during the summer when there is so much to be done at home. This past weekend was my second Seed Saving Class and I have to say it was well worth the time! The gardens were so beautiful and it wasContinue reading “My Garden: Seed Saving Class #2”

My Garden: Seed Saving

In taking the time to plant a garden and harvest your own food you are interested in growing what’s best for your family. Part of the reason I have an extensive garden is to know what we’re eating. I want the food to be organic and good for us. I have become more and moreContinue reading “My Garden: Seed Saving”