Garden Seed Saving Guide, The: Easy Heirloom Seeds for the Home Gardener, Third Edition

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Book Publishing Company, Jan 13, 2017 - Gardening - 64 pages

At a time where commercial forces have increased control over the food supply by patenting seeds with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), seed saving has become an important skill to encourage and share. 

Longtime organic gardener Jill Henderson explains how preserving open-pollinated and heirloom garden seeds from one season to the next will not only save gardeners money but will also increase their self-sufficiency and help them maintain a naturally diverse gene pool of food plants.
 

Here are some of the many insider tips you'll discover: which seeds are easiest to save, why saving seeds preserves genetic diversity, easy hand-pollination techniques for beginners, the right way to harvest, clean, and store seeds at home, how to save hundreds of seed varieties from only seven crop types, how to ensure seed viability and test germination rates, and ways to keep seeds from cross-pollinating.
 

Armed with these simple tips and instructions, anyone with a green thumb will find seed saving easy and rewarding.

 

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About the author (2017)

Jill Henderson is a lifelong organic gardener and seed saver with a passion for sustainable agriculture and local food production. She teaches workshops for experienced and beginner gardeners about the current global challenges presented by bio-engineered food crops and shows participants how to grow and save their own open-pollinated and heirloom seeds. 

A longtime contributor to Llewellyn's Herbal Almanac, she is also a regular columnist for Acres USA magazine, and the author and editor of Show Me Oz(ShowMeOz.wordpress.com), a weekly blog filled with in-depth articles on gardening, seed saving, homesteading, wildcrafting, edible and medicinal plants, herbs, nature, and more. In 2014 Jill founded Share the Seed, a nonprofit organization that encourages gardeners to grow heirloom seeds and supply them to others in need. Jill and her husband, Dean, live in the heart of the rugged Missouri Ozarks, growing and wildcrafting a wide array of organic herbs, fruits, and vegetables on their rural homestead. 

Bibliographic information

TitleGarden Seed Saving Guide, The: Easy Heirloom Seeds for the Home Gardener, Third Edition
AuthorJill Henderson
PublisherBook Publishing Company, 2017
ISBN1570678553, 9781570678554
Length64 pages
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Gardening / General
Gardening / Vegetables
  
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