SEEDS OF TRUTH
By saving seeds from cherished crops, you can reproduce the plants you love, year after year, without cost. What’s more, seeds saved from your garden will already be adapted to your soil, climate and garden conditions and will have a high germination rate.
Beyond the realm of your garden, the practice of saving seeds fosters wonderful heirloom varieties that represent a vast pool of genetic characteristics. This decreases the likelihood of varieties disappearing in the future, creating biodiversity in the food chain to protect us against plagues, crop failures or changing environmental conditions.
However, not every seed is worth saving. Understanding the difference between open-pollinating, cross-pollinating, self-pollinating, heirloom and hybrid varieties will help you decide which seeds to sow and which to
