General Gardening Seed Saving

Brown Bags and Drying Seeds

I haven’t done an article about repurposing since Earth Day.  I have lots of ideas!  If you have brown lunch bags, use them up.  I prefer the more narrow brown bags that I get when I buy some wine oops my secret is out! When I dry seeds from veggies and herbs that bolt before […]

General Gardening Seed Saving

Self Pollinating or Not for Seed Saving

If you are growing only one variety of a plant species or you give a lot of space between varieties, you don’t have to worry about preventing cross pollination. If you want to save open pollinated seeds and make sure they don’t cross pollinate, you should consider using a cross pollination barrier bag and understand […]

General Gardening Plant Science

Self Pollinating or Not For Produce

First we are going to cover whether a plant needs pollination to produce the intended item such as the veggie, fruit, herb or bloom. Self Pollinating – each flower on these veggies and fruits has male and female parts.  While these plants are self pollinating, it doesn’t mean that pollinators don’t help produce the veggie […]