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Harvest Your Own Garden Seeds

Turn this year’s garden into next year’s crop of free plants by harvesting your own seeds. Whether it’s a top-performing tomato or a particularly fragrant flower, seed saving is an easy and fun way to share seeds, cont...
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Heirloom Seed Savers

To most people, an heirloom is fine china or a piece of jewelry, but to Kent and Diane Whealy, seeds are the most precious gift one generation can leave to its successor. Practical, too. You can’t eat a silver broach, but you...
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Organize a Seed Swap

A seed swap is an effective way to help your neighbors get free seeds for their garden, connect with other gardeners, and increase the food security and genetic diversity of your bioregion.
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Start Saving Those Vegetable Seeds!

Start saving those vegetable seeds! Here’s a quick primer on the benefits of seed-saving and how to know when a seed is ripe.
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