Saving Seeds From Your Garden ~ It's Seed Saving Season!

We are digging into one of our favorite gardening skills: saving your own seeds!

We’re talking about why seed saving matters—from saving money and preserving favorite varieties to growing plants that become increasingly adapted to your own garden and local environment.

• Easy crops for beginner seed savers
• When seeds are ready to harvest
• The difference between wet and dry seeds
• How to harvest, process, and properly store your garden seeds

We also get into some of the trickier aspects of seed saving, including cross-pollination, biennial crops, and why a little planning in the spring can make a big difference come harvest time.

Whether you’ve never saved a seed before or you’ve been doing it for years, I hope this episode inspires you to start small, save a few seeds, and discover just how simple—and rewarding—this practice can be.

Your best place to store seeds? In the soil. Keep planting, keep saving, and keep growing! 🌻

Our Seed Saving Videos on YouTube:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVVVf8KSrdNY&si=HEIqbd8E9Ea05-cs

Saving Our Seeds: The Practice and Philosophy by Bevin Cohen
https://www.smallhousefarm.com/product/saving-our-seeds/

Tomato Tasting 2026 Video:
https://youtu.be/zFfdVLRsVSg?si=zGjrdj9BypqTOzLS

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Support for the Seeds & Weeds Podcast comes from Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company which invites you to the National Heirloom Expo in Mansfield Missouri September 27 and 28. The Expo has been called the World’s Fair of Pure Food, with music, food, fun, garden experts from around the world and the wildest flowers, fruits, and vegetables you’ve ever seen. Learn more at Rareseeds.com

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