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The following suggestions are given for the home gardener who would like to save some of his own seeds in spite of the problems involved. Except for hybrid varieties, seeds may be saved quite satisfactorily from beans, peas, and okra and with a bit less reliability from eggplant, pepper and tomato, because these vegetables are generally selfpollinated. Seeds may also be saved from standard varieties of cucumber, muskmelon, pumpkin, squash and watermelon if only one variety of each is' grown in the garden.
Although vegetable seeds gradually lose their viability, most types may be kept for several years, and still germinate and produce satisfactory crops. This practice may result in considerable savings for the home gardener.
After your last planting has been made in the summer, place your seeds in a tin, glass or plastic container which* is air tight, and store over winter in your refrigerator or deep freeze. This method of storage will allow very slow loss of viability. Seeds may deteriorate quite rapidly if held under warm, humid conditions.
Garden layout
Plant perennilas such as asparagus and rhubarb along one side of your garden so they will not interfere with soil preparation for annual crops.
Plant, early season and quick maturing crops together to facilitate the sowing of late summer and fall crops.
The rows in the garden should run across the slope to reduce the possibilty of erosion. There seems to be no significant benefit in terms to exposure to the sun from running the rows in a north and south direction as is sometimes suggested.
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