Saving Seeds: The Gardener's Guide to Growing and Saving Vegetable and Flower Seeds

by Marc Rogers

Book Overview

Enjoy a delicious bounty of heirloom vegetables every year. Marc Rogers guides you through the time-honored and cost-effective tradition of collecting seeds from this year's harvest to grow next year's crop. Learn how to select and store seeds from proven varieties of more than 100 common vegetables and flowers. Through saving seeds and growing heirloom plants you'll not only have a thriving garden every summer, you'll be saving money and preserving...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0882666347
• ISBN13: 9780882666341
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Storey Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

I can't wait to apply these tips!

I have been interested in saving seed since a child. I moved away to the city in my teens and am about to move back home. I am excited to save my own seed and feed my family with my science! Thank you.

Saving Money

It is hard to justify spending money on anything when you live in poverty, but I thought that this book may pay for itself. I was right. I have only had it for a few months, and already it has helped me to grow enough food to pay for itself. My plan is to completely stop buying seeds within 3 years, and if all of the points in this book work as good as the ones that I have already used I see no problem with sticking with that plan.

Great for vegetable gardeners

I bought this book so I could start harvesting my own seeds for vegetable gardening. This is the exact reference I was looking for. Each veggie detailed with instructions for selecting, protecting from cross polination, harvesting and storing. Lots of info for flowers too, but flower seed harvesting is much more straight forward, so I think it is covered appropriately.

happy gardener

This book has many practicle ideas on how to save hierloom seeds from year to year. It is a little older but still has sound advice that is easy to read and understand. It will be priceless to the beginner or the master gardener in a short time.

Revive an almost lost heritage! Save Your Non-Hybrid Seeds

Saving seeds is a time-honored tradition. This book tells you all you need to know about how to raise, harvest, and store seeds for the easiest-to-grow and most popular vegetables and ornamental plants. Answers hundreds of frequently asked gardening questions.