Summer sensations saved in a seed!

This month I’ve been busy saving seed from some of my summer crops. It feels like every surface is adorned with boxes of mature produce or drying seed heads awaiting processing. Old pillowcases of lettuce seed heads, chicken pellet bags of mustard greens and kale heads, jars of fermenting tomato seeds and a tray of papayadew seeds spread out to dry. Two giant zucchini from my very productive “Black Jack” and crates of tough old landrace cucumbers await seed harvesting.

Some vegetables are more suited to seed saving than others. Many of the cucurbits are not likely to come out true to type, but I’m saving them anyway. They’re part of my journey into the unknown – surprise gardening!

Read more about seed saving in these Vegetable Patch from Scratch articles:

Seed saving: what varieties to save seeds from

How to save seeds for planting next year

How to test the germination rate of your saved seeds and store them