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Learn why it’s important to save seeds, what type of seeds to save and where to source them.

Planting Tips to Save You Time & Money

Thrifty Ways to Buy, Sow & Plant

These are a few tips from my personal experiences to help you get the most out of plants you grow and cost you less.

Be Prepared: Prepare your garden bed or pot before choosing the seeds, seedlings or plants that suit your climate zone. Check the amount of space you have available before planting. Some plants need more ‘personal space’ than others so avoid buying more than you need or have the space to grow. There’s nothing worse than coming home with an armful of seedling punnets and watching them become ‘dried arrangements’ by the front door because you weren’t ready to plant them! I’ve learned my lesson by composting too many ‘mistakes’!

Shallots are the lead actor in this edible micro garden - I prepare my potting mix first before rotating the food crops I grow in this productive small space.

Consider the space you have to work with: I chose shallow rooted edibles like tatsoi, parsley, baby spinach, marigolds and skinny chives and spring onions which could all share this pot comfortably!

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Anne Gibson2018-04-19T14:48:20+10:00Categories: Frugal Gardening, Tips & Tricks|Tags: Frugal gardening, planting, seedlings, seeds & seed saving, tips & tricks|1 Comment

“A true gardener is someone who looks at a seed and sees a plant.”

Indian Summer watermelons with loads of seeds for saving

Watermelons are a mine of seeds that can be saved and replanted

Many gardeners often start with planting seedlings or potted plants rather than with seeds but as a seed saver, I’d like to share some important reasons why we should all grow at least some of our home grown food from seed.

5 Reasons Why You Should Grow Your Food From Seed

1. Save money! Seeds represent great value for money so investing in even one seed packet will reap huge rewards if you choose the right kind of seeds, but learning to save your own seed means you don’t need to continue to buy it.

If you find a packet of seeds has more than you need, swapping seeds with others is another way you can grow your garden for free or very low cost. (more…)

Anne Gibson2019-04-03T17:54:28+10:00Categories: Grow Your Own Food|Tags: grow your own food, seeds & seed saving, vegetable & herb gardens|3 Comments

Saving and Sourcing Open-Pollinated Seeds

Are you sowing seeds in your garden? Want to know where to source certified organic, heirloom and open-pollinated seeds? Dig in to learn more about the different types of seeds and where to source them.

Where to source non-gmo, organic, heirloom and open-pollinated seeds.

Grow your food from safe seeds

These seeds will produce plants that are ‘true-to-type.’ This just means the plants grown from these seeds will have the same characteristics as the parent. More importantly, you will be able to save seed from the plants you grow.

Save edible seeds with important characteristics

Seed Saving Terminology – What does it all mean?

To get a better picture of the terminology and what type of seed to source, here’s a brief definition of some of these terms: (more…)

Anne Gibson2019-01-24T13:08:09+10:00Categories: Grow Your Own Food, Vegetables & Herbs|Tags: grow your own food, seeds & seed saving, vegetable & herb gardens|9 Comments

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