how to grow endless vegetables (pt 2) #gardeningtips #howto

seed collecting part 2! this is how you separate the seeds from their pods and store them til you’re ready to use them.

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Three weeks ago, I started the process of collecting seeds from last season’s garden so that I could plant them next season. I started out by cutting down bolted plants that had visible seed pods, and then I bundled those together and hung them out to dry. And after about 3 weeks in a well ventilated area, all of those bundles were completely brown and dry. When in doubt, you can kind of squeeze on some of the seed pods and see if seeds pop out. My water crest was so ready to go that I found little seeds all over the place, but there were still a lot of pods that were intact, too. There are a bunch of different ways of collecting seeds from your seed pods, but what I like to do is dump them into a paper bag, roll it up, and then shake it. Then I’ll dump whatever comes out into a plate or a Frisbee in this case. And the cool part is that any part of the plant that isn’t the seed will blow away pretty easily in the wind. So, all you have to do is blow really gently on the stuff that comes out of the bag, and you should be left with a bunch of seeds. Different plants have different seed pods, and this pepper grass was a little bit harder to shake the seeds from, but in general, you want to follow the same process. I store my seeds in these little paper envelopes and I make sure to label them with the year before putting them in the fridge until they’re ready to plant next season.