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It is frugal to save seeds and certainly feels prudent, given the questionable deviation of seed blueprints induced by chemicals, proprietary manipulation and genetic engineering. For me, though, it is the simple act of gathering seed by hand, slowly and gratefully, which resonates within. At once the gardener’s hand reaches across time and space and connects to countless generations of gardeners who made this same, active gesture of hope and faith for the future.

Seed saving is not difficult. It does ask careful observation on the gardener’s part, to spot the most suitable seed-giving candidates and to be ready to act when the seed is ripe for harvest. Open—pollinated seeds are the only seeds viable for saving. Hybrids, not being fully bred

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