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Seeds

Home-Saved Seeds

Saving seeds is such an overlooked step when it comes to gardening. Year after year you can spend money on new seeds or you can learn to save your own, and those home-saved seeds will, in the end, grow plants that are more well acclimated to your specific climate!

In the farmstand we have seed packets for sale with seeds that we have been saving ourselves here on the homestead for several years. Check the quick information below on how to save certain seeds and swing by the stand to choose from our different varieties. Keep an eye on the blog this season to learn more on how to save your seeds yourself.

Check out the varieties we will have available in the stand HERE!

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Corn Seeds

Simple seeds to save, let the ears of corn fully mature and dry on the stock. Collect ears at the end of the season. I usually toss mine in a milk crate to be sure they dry completely and then take the seeds off in the winter.

Corn Varieties

Bean Seeds

Beans are another seed that is simple to learn to save. Let the pods mature and dry completely while still on the plant. Then snap open the pods to access the seeds. Keep in mind snap beans will slow down producing beans when you stop picking them. I like to “sacrifice” some of the biggest healthiest plants with ideal traits to save the best seeds, while we eat off of the more lack luster plants. Growing and saving your own dry bean seeds can be an exciting experience with all the different colors and flavors available ~ plus it is a simple way to build self-sufficiency and food security!

Bean Varieties

Flower Seeds

Saving flower seeds will depend on the different varieties you choose from. The rule of thumb is that flowers need to mature completely, be pollinated and then let the seeds form and dry. The trick is collecting the seeds before the plant naturally releases them. Learning to save flower seeds is bound to get your growing more beautiful items in your garden, without the hefty price tag!

Flower Varieties

Herb Seeds

Herbs come in all kinds of shapes and sizes ~ as do their seeds and methods used to harvest them. Building up your own seed stock of both culinary and medicinal herbs is worth the learning curve. Follow the same rule of thumb as most flowers: let the plants mature, flower and let the seeds mature before collecting them. The timing can be tricky to catch them before they spread their seeds in the garden!

Herb Varieties
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Cucumber Seed

Cucumbers are generally a family favorite in the garden, but they can be difficult to get cucumbers to full maturity if you are battling mildew or pest issues. In order to get viable cucumber seed, you need to allow the cucumbers to come to full maturity. For many varieties this means allowing them to get huge and turn yellow before harvesting the seeds.

Cucumber Varieties
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Squash / Pumpkin Seeds

Pumpkins and squash are a plant that many people seem to have at least a little experience saving seeds from, even if it is just from roasting halloween pumpkins in the fall. If you just dry and store them, those seeds will easy grow a vine full of pumpkins the following year. Just make sure your squash or pumpkins are fully mature still!

Squash Varieties

Check the blog to learn more about starting and saving seeds and so much more!

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