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But I meant we should save seeds from our own home grown stuff from open pollinated varieties. I KNOW i could get tomato seeds from my dad, and corn and squashes, beans, peppers etc. My mom saved ALL her seed and had been doing so for YEARS. They are all organic.. and probably there are a few that are their 'own' ..
On the other hand, I will also have many extra purchased seeds shortly as I am placing my orders! I did just join the Seed Savers Exchange too.. Anyone else do that??
So, this was a long term project I thought would be fun.
I just picked up a seed saving book at the library==and I know there's another one out there by someone Bubel? is that right?
Cackle--You should totally hang onto that wheat as long as you can... grow it in a protected area somehow and save from it. You are not kidding you will have a commodity!
CL~~ may your husband have a safe trip home!!
BNF~ if you are moving to EW, you will have NO problem growing any of the hot weather stuff. The only thing my poppa can't get to grow (but some of his friends do) are melons. The melons have to be babied with plastic and mulch and sweet whispers. But poppa grows peppers--alllll kinds, and many many tomatoes. He lives in the Methow Valley. Last summer was kind of an exception for growing things, it was so wet and cold. But he STILL gave many tomatoes away after he put up enough salsas etc for himself. My dad is like you--the hotter the better. Sometimes I can't eat his cooking! lol!
Jen we talked about saving seed and sharing last spring...maybe you were not online here yet or missed the post.
But seed savers sounds interesting !
ooh oopsie sorrys! *blushes* I prolly wasn't on yet. I am newbie still. heehehe.
I am sorry you have had such a yucky Christmas with your family. Grace has good ideas and I loved the ideas from the article you mentioned too, a couple posts up. All of my family is on the East coast-I mean ALL of them. My momma passed away a year and a half ago and now it's just my step daddy in EW. So, my husband and my son and Poppa are all that I have here in WA. It's really hard, sometimes I wish I had all of my cousins etc closer. I am sad when I see big families who are located so closely that get so nasty to each other. .. anyway.. And grace is right too--people who don't have or don't want to have animals do NOT understand.
