This is our first year growing a garden, and we were talking about the options of saving our seeds to plant next year (why buy them when you can get them from your own backyard?!).
The other day I was looking at a website and wouldn't you know it but I stumbled across the below link. It looks like a great resource for beginners to experts. It's a must-read for those interested in saving seeds for future years!
http://www.seedsave.org/issi/issi_904.html
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This is perfect, I was going to look into gardening a little more for next year. This will be a great place to start this year!
If you want to save seeds, you MUST make sure that the seeds/plants you buy to save from are "open pollinated." If they are not, then the seeds will be sterile. Some seeds are even genetically modified to be unable to reproduce--monsanto really wants to corner the market by making everyone dependent on their seeds. (Watch "the future of food" if you'd like to get good and scared about that!)
I also like to buy heirloom variety seeds--heirloom means they have not been genetically modified, so they tend to be stronger so long as you find the varieties that are correct for your region. They are usually (though not always) open pollinated, so that saves a step there. They are often organic as well.
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