Seed Saving Made Easy

Sowing seeds collected from your own food garden can be fun and successful if you stick to a few basic rules. Taking control of the whole cycle from seed to crop and back to seed is very satisfying and it saves money! This blog post shows how it can be done for a range of vegetables.

Heirlooms and Hybrids

Have you noticed that the word 'heirloom' has become very popular on seed packets, in seed catalogues and on seed-company web sites?  But when can seeds be called 'heirloom' and why do seed-companies create the impression that heirloom is better than hybrid?