Been saving a lot of seeds at the farm lately. Might as well, right? It's pretty easy with most annuals, and you don't have to buy seeds again next year just to let half the bag spill and fall between the seat in your car. Also, seed-swaps are pretty nifty. So far this season at Beardsley we've saved seeds from tomatoes, zuchini, okra, sunflower, marigolds, purple coneflower (echinacea), and luffa (the dried-out squash-like fruits can be used as sponges). For a more detailed account of seed saving, check out
Kat's blog here. Here's some photos from the sunflowers:
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| "Russian Mammoth Sunflower" next to "Russian (kinda) Average-height Farmer" |
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| We got over 2lbs of seeds from a couple of heads |
love that Fibonacci.
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