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everything you need to know to start saving seeds

Seed saving is a skill any gardener can learn. What’s more, seed saving can become a nourishing seasonal ritual, offering deeper connection to the natural rhythms of your garden.

In this free video, we answer the question “How do I save seeds?” so that you can confidently start harvesting, cleaning, storing and sharing your homegrown seeds. You don’t have to go it alone—Let us help you take your next step on this beautiful journey with seeds.

It really is a journey! With each season, you will become a better seed saver and your relationship with plants, seeds and your garden will continue to deepen.

We are so honored to share the magic of seed saving with you! Saving seeds connects us to humankind spanning back thousands of years. It is thanks to this precious gift of seeds shared forward for generations upon generations, that we have the privilege to enjoy saving seeds from plants in our gardens today.

In this FREE Seed Saving video you’ll gain:

😎 Confidence to get started saving seeds
🌈 Understanding different approaches to seed saving
🧺 Knowing when to harvest seeds
🫘 Various ways to clean seeds
☠️ What seed saving pitfalls to avoid
💪🏼 More community resilience with local seeds
✨ … and much more!

Up Your Seed Saving Game

This seed saving video is appropriate for beginner and experienced gardeners alike. Whether you have already started saving seeds, or you are completely new to seed saving, you’re certain to up your seed saving game after watching this video.

Message to the New Seed Saver

Rest assured: While there are many seed saving concepts presented in this video, it is not necessary to know them all. That’s impossible for anyone!

Instead, we want you to come away with a general idea of what’s possible with seed saving, so that you can choose your own approach. In practice, you can start saving seeds very simply and easily.

With the seed saving knowledge presented in this video, you get to pick and choose your own adventure. You choose how you want to save seeds!

Seed saving by individuals and households is the heart of resilience now and in the future. This resource by Ann and Noel of Homestead Culture reminded me of this fact while filling my hands with essential yet surprising new ways to integrate seed tending into my daily life. I’ll pass this on to new seed savers as a go-to starter resource.

Meg Handler — PhD, Founder, The Human Nature Center

Seed Saving Topics Covered

In this video, we introduce a breadth of seed saving topics in a format that is easy to digest and understand for all levels of seed savers.

Here is an outline of the subject matter:

Introduction to seed saving
Reasons to save seeds
Community and seed saving
Seed saving book recommendations
Flower biology and pollination
Self pollination vs cross pollination
Genetic diversity and seed saving
Plant lifespans with regard to seeds
How seeds are maintained
Different seed saving approaches
How to get started saving seeds
Seed saving best practices
When and how to harvest seeds
Seed cleaning (aka seed processing)
Dry processing vs wet processing seeds
Saving seeds from common vegetables
- How to save seeds from tomatoes
- How to save seeds from peppers
- How to save seeds from eggplants
- How to save seeds from beets
- How to save seeds from swiss chard
- How to save seeds from squash
- How to save seeds from cucumbers
- How to save seeds from brassicas (including kale, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, radishes, arugula and more)
Understanding seeds’ botanical names & varieties
When to be careful with cross pollination
Review of seed saving approaches
Seed storage best practices
Sharing saved seeds and why it’s important
Seed saving questions answered

I have always been a huge advocate of seed-saving, but this resource opened my eyes to more reasons to save seed and more ways to connect seed-saving to the larger cycles in my home garden. It also inspired me to involve my daughter more often in the process!

Lauren Fieberg — Garden Educator

Let’s save some seeds!

If you want to hear our best recommendations for getting started saving seeds, watch this FREE video now!

Meet Ann & Noel

We’re Ann & Noel, ex-suburbanites turned rural homesteaders. We tend to our hearts while co-creating food, flower and medicinal gardens. We are life learners passionate about reconnecting with Mother Earth and cultivating abundant food, beauty and medicine.

We love sharing our experiences and knowledge with other homesteaders, inspired by the joy and connection that we were lucky enough to receive throughout the apprenticeships and jobs we held in permaculture, farming and homesteading.

Our deep motivation is to contribute to a more vibrant, earthy, meaningful and connected future. Through homesteading we have become empowered to heal ourselves, nourish our family and connect with a greater web of life and magic.

Let’s co-create a positive future for our grand children’s grand children by re-aligning our hearts and minds with the natural world!

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