Growing And Saving Your Own Seeds

What wonder is it to plant a tiny seed and see it burst forth into the world? It is one of my greatest joys in the garden.

Collecting, saving and growing your own seed is one of the best skills a gardener can learn. There are many benefits to growing seed that you have saved yourself from the previous season. Some of the benefits are:

It's free - you'll save a great deal of money
Your plants will become more and more suited to your climate
It's very rewarding
You'll have something to exchange with other gardeners
You know that it's been grown organically

There are a few tricks to saving your own seed though. You'll need a basic understanding of plant families, whether they are self pollinated or need cross pollinating, the life cycle of the plant, how long the seed remains viable and how you need to store them.

Saving your own seed really is a great way to save yourself heaps of money and learn about plant cycles.

If you want to know more about saving seed and growing your own seeds, you'll find great information in the e-manual "Organic Food Gardening Beginner's Manual"
Plus one of the bonuses you will get when you buy the e-manual is a stand-alone e-book called Seed Saving Tips & Techniques.

Have a lot of fun growing your own plants from seed.
Taken from Julie's 1 Stop Organic Gardening