Building Your Own Home Seed Bank- In this episode we discuss the value and benefits of having own seed bank and why it’s advantageous to store your own veggie and flower seeds.
Points covered include:
Why bother saving seeds?
- Convenience
- Ensuring availability
- Opportunity to share/trade
Getting started- Where do you get your seeds?
- Self-harvested
- Retail stores
- Seed catalogs
- Friends and family
- Seed exchanges
What’s the difference between…
- Wild harvest
- Self-harvested
- Heirloom
- Hybid
- GMO
Storing and Taking inventory
- Create an inventory spreadsheet- so you know what you have in your bank
- Eases sharing and trading with friends and family
- Keeping them organized and safe
- Storing in wide-mouth mason jars
- Snap-lock totes
- Good-ol’ shoeboxes
Show Links-
– Glenn Fink– The man behind our intro music
– My video on Harvesting Red Russian Kale Seed
– Heirloom Seed Swap – a great site for trading seeds for free
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