 Straight and Simple
By Randel Agrella
It's easy for gardening to become just another consumer activity. Often home gardeners start the season by buying soil amendments, then seeds or plants, and a succession of products all season long. That’s fine, as far as it goes, but the desire for simple liv [ … ]
 Seed-saving is simple, natural and rewarding
By Randel Agrella
While seed-saving is indeed fairly simple, we still must remember that not all plants have the same requirements when it comes to saving viable, true-to-type seed. Some groups require handling in a specific way to get results. It’s i [ … ]
 Tomatoes, Peppers and Eggplants
By Randel Agrella
Tomatoes, peppers and eggplants all belong to the same family, so their pollination and seed-saving requirements are fairly similar. All three are in-breeding and self-pollinating, which means they don’t need pollination from other plants. Their fl [ … ]
 Tips for the Squash Family
by Randel Agrella
Squashes, cucumbers, melons and watermelons are all closely related, and have similar requirements when being grown for seed. They’re large-fruited plants, yielding quantities of large seeds. They are great choices for beginning seed-savers—but proper i [ … ]
 Beans, Peas and Other Legumes
By Randel Agrella
Nothing could be easier than saving the seed of peas and colorful beans. In fact, with these vegetables, the crop is usually the seed. Once the pods begin to develop, they are simply allowed to remain on the plant until fully dry. Then the pods are p [ … ]
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