November 5, 2009
Lower South
By
Skip Richter, Austin, TX
Web Finds
Collecting and Storing Seeds from Your Garden
Are you a seed saver? Would you like to be? The following Web sites from Oregon State Extension and the International Seed Saving Institute are a good start to get you on your way to saving your own garden seed, or seeds from a friend's garden. Learn how to collect and store seed and which easy or more difficult to save.
Collecting and Storing Seeds from Your Garden
Basic Seed Saving
Clever Gardening Technique
Coin Envelopes for Seeds
Seed savers will appreciate the convenience of using small coin envelopes, available from office supply stores, for storing small quantities of seed they collected from their plants over the season. They are easy to write on, seal up nicely, and make great friendship gifts of seed samples from your garden.
