This authoritative guide brings together the experience of experts in the field who have found, through careful trialing, how to reliably maximize seed quality and yield for more than 100 crop plants. Clear information on such critical issues as pollination, isolation distances, cultivation, harvest, storage, and pests and diseases is provided. The Manual of Seed Saving is an essential reference for all food producers from vegetable growers to small-scale...

Many home gardeners refuse to eat a grocery store tomato, but routinely obtain seeds commercially, sometimes from thousands of miles away. And while seed saving can appear mysterious and intimidating, even home gardeners with limited time and space can experience the joy and independence it brings, freeing them from industry and the annual commercial seed order. Written by a home seed saver for the home seed saver, Beginning Seed Saving for the Home...

Consumers generally understand that among the best methods to save food for difficult times is via food preservation, but what you think about fresh and healthy food? How about the value of eating fresh vegetables? This book not just to teaches us how to proceed with preserving these essential varieties for coming generations as well as for sowing out in the following year's garden, it also gives us a thorough understanding of importance of saving...