Seed Saving and Propagation

Save this year's garden and grow next year's with confidence.Seed Saving and Propagation is a beginner-friendly guide to choosing the right crops, saving seed that grows true, storing it properly, and multiplying useful plants without buying more every spring. Learn the difference between open-pollinated, heirloom, and hybrid varieties; how pollination and isolation affect purity; which crops are easiest to start with; and how to test seed before you depend on it.This practical guide walks you through tomato, bean, pea, pepper, and lettuce seed saving, then builds toward biennials, stratification, cuttings, divisions, layering, and a simple home seed library. Written for gardeners who want more self-reliance, it turns one season's garden into the beginning of many more.

Save this year's garden and grow next year's with confidence.Seed Saving and Propagation is a beginner-friendly guide to choosing the right crops, saving seed that grows true, storing it properly, and multiplying useful plants without buying more every spring. Learn the difference between open-pollinated, heirloom, and hybrid varieties; how pollination and isolation affect purity; which crops are easiest to start with; and how to test seed before you depend on it.This practical guide walks you through tomato, bean, pea, pepper, and lettuce seed saving, then builds toward biennials, stratification, cuttings, divisions, layering, and a simple home seed library. Written for gardeners who want more self-reliance, it turns one season's garden into the beginning of many more.