Heirloom Seeds

Heirloom seeds
How to harvest Heirloom seeds for use in the garden next year
I just started getting into harvesting Heirloom Seeds, this year I will harvest tomato, melon, pepper and cucumber seeds.; ;The basic way to harvest seeds from a tomato is to scoop the seeds out put them in a cup of water and let them sit for a few days. At this point the good seeds will sink to the bottom and the bad ones and the pulp will go to the surface.; Scoop out the pulp and the bad heirloom seeds with a spoon.; Add some fresh water and let sit another day then carefully drain the wat...

Ancient Secrets: Heirloom Gardening
The Foods Our Ancestors Gave Us: Heirloom Seed Gardening
Ancient Heirloom seed gardens provide the same nutritious and delicious foods that humanity has relied and prospered with for untold thousands of generations. Heirloom plants provide productive seeds that you can share with others or keep for the following year. The plants give you intensive flavor, intensive nutrition, and spectacular color in your cooking.

Seedy Saturday - Powell River
Start the Gardening Season with Seedy Saturday
Seedy Saturdays happen all across Canada every spring, where gardeners meet up to swap seeds and do many other things, depending on the event - they may have workshops and commercial garden-related vendors, information tables from local garden groups, plant swaps, seed potato sales, book and magazine swaps, silent auctions, and on and on. No matter how large or small, it always a fun event and great way to get out of the house in the spring and all fired up for gardening. Read on to find how...

Garden Seeds; Grow Your Own
WHY YOU SHOULD SAVE YOUR OWN SEEDS
Saving your own flower and vegetable (even tree and shrub) seeds is pretty easy to do. By saving your own seed you can save money and possibly even develop a new variety that is perfectly adapted to your soil, climate and method of gardening. You could join a seed savers exchange and trade heirloom and antique varieties with others. By growing heirloom and antique varieties of flowers, fruits, grains and vegetables and trading them with others you will be helping save these plants from extinc...

Heirloom Seeds
The Importance of Cultivating And Growing Your Heirloom Seeds
I guess more experienced gardeners know this, but I didn't have a clue about heirloom seeds. You see, I'm a sporadic gardener. I had always thought that if you took the seeds out of any fruit or veggie and planted them, you'd yield a crop. Boy, was I mistaken. It seems that most seeds you'll find in the stores or in your supermarket produce, for that matter, are "hybrids." And 'hybrids' by and large are sterile. (So that's why I haven't been able to sprout cantaloupe!) In preparation for thi...