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A big step toward self-sufficiency is knowing how to collect and store seeds from your garden. On today’s podcast episode I discuss all the basics of seed saving and all the reasons you may want to start doing it.
Homestead Updates:
Slow, Non-Exciting Week on the Homestead! Just get up and do it again.
Homesteading Relevant News:
Forbes Article: Dear Homesteaders, Self-Reliance Is A Delusion
Sustainable Living Podcast: Are Homesteaders Moochers?
Pioneering Today Podcast: Dear Forbes, Homesteading, and Self-Reliance is a Delusion?
Hangin’ Out on the Homestead Front Porch:
This week's Q & A from the Front Porch: What is one skill you would like to learn that you believe would make you more self-sufficient?
Main Topic Of Discussion:
Seed Saving for Self Sufficiency
Why Save Your Seeds?
To save money
To ensure you have the best garden you can have.
For preparedness
To become more self-sufficient through knowledge
For future generations.
To participate in seed exchanges.
What To Know Before You Start Saving Seeds.
Podcast episode with Mary from Mary’s Heirloom Seeds: What’s The Difference Between Heirloom, Hybrid, and GMO Seeds? Self, insect, and wind pollination
3 Easy Garden Favorites To Save Seeds From.
Beans – When to harvest seeds, separating chaff, testing for dryness.
Lettuce – How and when to collect the seed
Tomatoes – Collecting seed, fermentation process, testing for dryness.
Storing Seeds
Enemies of storing seeds are moisture, heat, light.
Store in a cool, dry, and dark place.
The freezer is great but seeds MUST be completely dried.
Envelopes, bags, jars.
Resources For Seed Saving
Website: Seed Savers Exchange
Book: Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners, 2nd Edition by Suzanne Ashworth
Book: The Complete Guide to Saving Seeds: 322 Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, Flowers, Trees, and Shrubs by Robert E. Gough
Today’s Recommendations:
Go hunting and fishing! For us, the squirrel hunting season just got started so it’s a great time to put a few in the freezer. If you want to know more about squirrel hunting I did a whole episode on that a couple of years ago called “What You Need To Know About Hunting Squirrel“. This is also a great time of the year to go fishing as the mornings are cooler and pleasant for us in the midwest anyway. So get out there and enjoy some nature!
Book: The Only Squirrel Cookbook You’ll Ever Need
11 Kitchen Hand Tool Must Haves
Dairy Sheep on the Homestead: Guest Rachel Hester
Growing Nuts on the Homestead: Guest David Hughes
Growing Fruit Trees - The Basics and Beyond: Guest Susan Poizner
Suburban Beekeeping and Homesteading: Guest Katie Brandt
Homesteading and Responsible Preparedness
12 Books For Homesteaders Not About Homesteading
12 Things We Learned About Homesteading Watching One Of Our Favorite Shows
Building An Efficient And Productive Homestead: Guests Parker and Lauren Holmes
Enjoying Hard Work On A Multigenerational Homestead: Guest Jonah Curtis
Herbalism, Foraging, and Holistic Medicine: Guest Aron McNicholas
Coffee Chat About Our Homesteads and What We’ve Been Up To
Cultivating A Continuous Garden Through Succession Planting
The Benefits Of Bartering For The Homestead: Guest Rick Beach
Learn Management Skills To Reach Goals and Avoid Overwhelm: Guest William Horvath
Minimize Inputs With Ecological Soil and Habitat Building Systems: Guest Helen Atthowe
Homesteading Success Through Hard Work, Consistency, and An Abundance Mindset: Guest Justin Rhodes
Homesteading For The Enjoyment Of The Lifestyle: Guest Mandy Roth
Off Grid Living, Restoring Land, and Transforming Conventional Farms To Regenerative Farms: Guest Eddy Garcia
Small Scale Homesteading and Hosting A Bed & Breakfast For Extra Income: Guest Robin Holstein
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