The Complete Idiot's Guide to Seed Saving And Starting


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Mouthwatering heirlooms, exciting hybrids, sensational herbs, colorful flowers - you dream of a garden overflowing with vibrant, healthy plants. Turn your dream garden into reality with seeds you save and start yourself! With easy ideas on harvesting, storing, sowing and nurturing your seeds into flourishing plants, this helpful guide gives you a sure path from start to success. In it, you get: A look at seed and plant anatomy and how pollination works. Simple suggestions for identifying seeds to save, and for gathering and prepping seeds for next year's garden. Guidance on germinating seeds, indoors or out, using scarification or stratification. Tips for transplanting, thinning, hardening off, and protecting seedlings from weather, pests and disease. Easy ideas for cross-breeding plants and creating hybrids suited to your garden and climate. A comprehensive directory of botanical names and harvesting, germination, and sowing data for hundreds of plants. The Complete Idiot's Guide To Seed Saving And Starting is an essential resource to reap richer results with plants grown from your own seeds!




The Prairie Gardener's Go-To for Seeds


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The third installation of the new gardening series Guides for the Prairie Gardener is all about seeds, from saving and starting to transplants and even winter sowing. Certified master gardeners Sheryl and Janet offer you all the tools you need to start seeds, ensuring they thrive and grow into beautiful mature plants. They answer your questions on things like how to determine the viability of seeds the difference between an heirloom, heritage, and hybrid seed the best containers and planting media to use when and how to use growing lights troubleshooting common problems such as damping off and overwatering the proper methods for hardening off transplants and planting them out. And they don't stop at addressing starting seeds indoors—they also give you the information you need to direct sow straight into the garden, and on winter sowing. Then they delve deeply into how you can collect and save seed for the future so that you can continue the cycle for future growing seasons. The book is complete with detailed charts to give you specific information about seed starting on the Prairies, with several plant lists to help you decide what selections work best in a variety of situations and conditions.




The Beginner's Guide to Seed Saving: Learn Expert Techniques to Best Harvest, Store, Germinate, and Keep Seeds Fresh For Years in Your Own Seed Bank


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Discover the power of seed saving and learn how to use heirloom seeds to ensure a diverse, healthy garden. Whether you are starting out or have you tried your hand at gardening in the past, this book will teach you how to create a self-sustaining garden that will provide food security for your family even in uncertain times. Unlock the secrets behind successful seed saving and become the ultimate green thumb! When it comes to the health of ourselves and our family, nutrition is crucial. With the rising cost of food prices, food insecurity and the depleting nutrients in our food, many people are eager to learn the life-changing skill of food preservation and home-gardening. This book unveils expert secrets to harvesting, saving, germinating and growing seeds for delicious, nutrient-rich fruits, vegetables, and herbs. Written by a long-time home gardener and master prepper, "The Beginner's Guide to Seed Saving" is your key to obtaining a life of food security and self-sufficiency. Learn from my decades of experience. This book features actionable, easy instructions designed with new gardeners and seed-savers in mind. Learn with step-by-step instructions on everything from collecting and drying seeds, to storing and germinating them, and unique rarely shared tips you won't find elsewhere. I refuse to gatekeep information that people need to hear, considering what may come in the months and years ahead. The ability to possess your own food bank creates security, is anxiety-reducing, and so empowering! The Beginner's Guide to Seed Saving book will literally set you up for a life of freedom and sustainability. This guide provides all the information you need to get started with seed-saving and unlock the full potential of your garden. Here's a sneak peek of what you'll learn: Book I. Introduction to Seed Saving: Discover the Importance of Seed Saving in Gardening, and the benefits of creating a personal seed bank Book II. Understanding Seeds and Their Life Cycle: Uncover the anatomy of a seed, pollination and germination Book III. Choose the Right Plants for Seed Saving Like an Expert: Seed Types and Differences, Techniques to Keep Genetic Seed Purity Book IV. Easy Seed Harvesting - Learn the secrets to effectively collecting seeds Book V. Seed Cleaning and Processing: Best Seed Cleaning Methods and Tools You Will Need Book VI. Seed Drying and Storage by Plant Type: The Best Conditions and Techniques For Storing - Seed Drying Book VII. Establishing and Managing a Seed Bank Creating the Best Storage Environment for Your Seed Bank Book VIII. Germinating Saved Seeds to Grow Plants That Thrive! Book IX. Overcoming Common Seed Saving Issues: Dealing with Cross-Pollination and Unwanted Variations, pest control, etc. Book X. Expanding Beyond Your Garden: Expert tips This guide is packed with detailed instructions, easy solutions to pesky problems, expert tips, handy tricks, and clever ideas to help you save the seeds from vegetables, fruits, and herbs of all kinds. This invaluable asset is your key to cultivating a flourishing, eco-friendly oasis that's both rewarding and sustainable. Take this unique opportunity to create flourishing greenery that revitalizes not only your home, but also our planet's future. Make the most out of your backyard (or front yard) garden and gain skills that you can take with you into the rest of your life and pass down to your loved ones! Grab a copy of and start planting the roots of abundance! Makes a thoughtful gift too!




The Complete Guide to Saving Seeds


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Enjoy your favorite varieties of garden plants year after year with this comprehensive guide to gathering, preparing, and planting seeds. Authors Robert Gough and Cheryl Moore-Gough provide simple instructions that clearly explain the whole process, from basic plant biology to proper seed storage and successful propagation. Gardeners of any experience level will find all the information they need to preserve genetic diversity, cut costs, and extend the life of their favorite plants to the next generation and beyond.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Urban Homesteading


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How to save money, time, and the environment-on the urban frontier With The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Urban Homesteading anyone can learn how to live sustainably and responsibly—and save money and time—in any urban environment. Expert urban homesteader Sundari Elizabeth Kraft shares her hands-on knowledge of: growing organic foods and preserving them; composting; raising small livestock and chickens; generating electricity and biofuels; and other ways to cut costs and live green. This book has all the information required to become a successful urban homesteader in any city. • Practical advice on everything from composting to clean energy. • Sundari Elizabeth Kraft is an expert in urban homesteading.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vegetable Gardening


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Perhaps it's because of the uncertainty that surrounds the safety of produce purchased in the grocery store these days. Perhaps it's because people are looking for fun, inexpensive hobbies to dive into. Or perhaps it's because there's nothing like the taste of fresh fruits and veggies grown in the backyard. But whatever the reason, readers need advice on gardening now more than ever before. And The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Vegetable Gardening is just the place to turn. In this book, expert authors Daria Price Bowman and Carl A. Price provide information on: Expert techniques for planning and plotting a gardenUnderstanding what's necessary for soil nourishmentPlanting seeds and seedlingsGrowing fruits, vegetables, berries, and moreCultivating medicinal and healing herbsRecognizing and preventing the most common plant diseasesIdentifying and eliminating weedsPruning and trimming plantsKnowing when to harvestDeciding whether to can, dry, or freeze A comprehensive, easy-to-read book, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Vegetable Gardening is an excellent resource for anyone interested in growing fresh fruits, vegetables, and herbs.




Saving Seeds Handbook


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A Go-to Gardener's Guide To Saving Seeds Successfully In recent times, several gardeners have taken an interest in saving seeds from their plants; however, the process of saving seeds can be scary, but yet simple. Seed saving takes some time and effort, but it is well worth it for gardeners, irrespective of the level of experience. Once you've found a variety that suits you, saving seeds from it will enable you to repeat your success time after time. Why? Because plants are much more sensitive than you might think to the growing conditions distinct to each garden. What works well in your garden may not work in your neighbor's. There are other factors at play, including your specific microclimate, the microbiological health of your garden soil, and chemical or other harmful exposure. Other factors are the minimum distance between plants of similar species, which is important so that cross-pollination does not take place with another variety, as well as the minimum number of plants that need to be grown to conserve the innate genetic diversity. It's also important to identify the characteristics of the variety so that when grown, plants not breeding "true" are not picked. It is also important to adhere to effective seed storage procedures to keep the seed viable. We can go on and on about how well informed you need to be before you start saving seeds, but we can't; hence the reason why this book, Saving Seeds Handbook, was written, to provide you with virtually all you need to save seeds successfully. Here are a couple of what you will learn in this book; 1. In-depth details about seeds; definition, types, anatomy, seed formation, seed terminologies, etc. 2. Planning for Seed production; choosing seeds to save, seed lifecycle, planning the population size, isolation of varieties, hand pollination, etc. 3. Harvesting mature seeds; timing the harvest, processing seeds, drying seeds, storing seeds, testing seed quality, etc. 4. Common vegetable seeds you can save and a rundown of what you need to know and do 5. Common flower seeds you can save and a rundown of what you need to know and do 6. Seed saving mistakes to avoid And a whole lot more! So, what are you waiting for? Get a copy of this book RIGHT NOW to get started




The Ultimate Seed Saving Handbook for Beginners


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Do you know saving seeds from your garden is a perfect way of saving money and preserving heirloom varieties? Saving seed is the backbone of gardening! Saving seeds is a way to generate free food. You could grow a free lunch by keeping and growing your seeds.I remember reading a book as a child that told a story of a seed that wanted to live forever; that wanted to be perpetual! After restless search and failed attempts, it finally realized that to live on, it had to die as a seed and be buried on the ground for a new plant and seed to grow. It will help if you keep planting to save seeds.Seeds aren't the most expensive purchase in the world, but they can add up fast if you've got a large garden. Saving at least a few of your favorite varieties can save you some cash each year. Plus, you might find a seed swap where you can trade for a few other varieties as well. When you save your own seed, you know you will have it when you want it. I always encourage people to plan their gardens carefully in the winter and order all the seeds they need then, so there are no delays when it is time to plant. We are pacified into a false sense of confidence when we can pick up the phone and place an order, or order online, and within a week, the seeds show up in our mailbox. Nevertheless, things can happen. As a business grower, I was looking to increase my fall offerings to the eateries I sold to and decided purchasing seeds would be good, although I had never grown them before. I checked the calendar, and I had just enough time to get a crop for fall sales if I planted it in the next week. For some reason, the seed companies I dealt with on the East coast were out of seeds, which was surprising. So, I ordered the seeds from another region. Remember, I live in an area where territorial seeds had always been prompt, so things would work out, or so I thought. That was the year that the UPS workers went on strike. My seeds were sent out and then sat in a UPS warehouse between here and there. They arrived three weeks later, too late for my plans; that's when I decided I must start saving my seeds!In the book, "The Ultimate Seed Saving Handbook for Beginners," I have explained the step by step method of:*10 powerful Reason why you should save Seeds*3 Steps to Store and Keep Seeds Fresh for Up to 5 Years*How to save tomato Seeds*How to Save Cucumber Seeds*How to Save Lettuce Seeds*How to Save Bean Seeds (Bush beans, green beans, and bean seeds). *How to Save Corn Seeds*How to Save Onion SeedsClick the link below to Order your COPY!




The Seed Garden


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Winner of the American Horticultural Society Award for Excellence In Garden Book Publishing Winner of the Silver Medal for Best Reference from the Garden Writer’s Association Filled with advice for the home gardener and the more seasoned horticulturist alike, The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving provides straightforward instruction on collecting seed that is true-to-type and ready for sowing in next year’s garden. In this comprehensive book, Seed Savers Exchange, one of the foremost American authorities on the subject, and the Organic Seed Alliance bring together decades of knowledge to demystify the time-honored tradition of saving the seed of more than seventy-five coveted vegetable and herb crops—from heirloom tomatoes and long-favored varieties of beans, lettuces, and cabbages to centuries-old varieties of peppers and grains. With clear instructions, lush photographs, and easy-to-comprehend profiles on individual vegetable crops, this book not only teaches us how to go about conserving these important varieties for future generations and for planting out in next year’s garden, it also provides a deeper understanding of the importance of saving these genetically valuable varieties of vegetables that have evolved over the centuries through careful selection by farmers and home gardeners. Through simple lessons and master classes on crop selection, pollination, roguing, and the processes of harvesting and storing seeds, this book ensures that these time-honored traditions can continue. Many of these vegetable varieties are treasured for traits that are singular to their strain, whether that is a resistance to disease, an ability to grow well in a region for which that crop is not typically well suited, resistance to early bolting, or simply because it is a great-tasting variety. In an age of genetically modified crops and hybrid seed, a growing appreciation for saving seeds of these time-tested, open-pollinated cultivars has found a new audience from home vegetable gardeners and cooks to restaurant chefs and local farmers. Whether interested in simply saving seeds for home use or working to conserve rare varieties of beloved squashes and tomatoes, this book provides a deeper understanding of the art, the science, and the joy of saving seeds.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Heirloom Vegetables


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A garden of delight-and healthy, economical eating. In The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Heirloom Vegetables, readers will learn the rewards of growing heirlooms; find hundreds of descriptions and histories of a variety of available vegetables and find out how to make pollination work. ?Helps readers grow and eat locally, reduce or eliminate pesticides and additives, and save money along the way ?Includes step-by-step instructions for harvesting, drying, cleaning, and storing heirloom seeds ?For economical reasons-as well as concern for the environment and personal health-the popularity of gardening has grown in recent years