seed savin'

[journey11]

Oh Steve, we'll all be watching like hawks for you to jump aboard the seed train now...

 

[hoodat]

I have NOT sprouted choy seeds . . . radish sprouts are real good!

I like cream cheese and sprout sandwiches.

Coriander seeds were also "thrashed" today. With the fragrance, that is more pleasure than work, that's for sure . Dill hasn't quite matured but it will be past its prime as usual by the time we have any cucumbers to speak of. Actually, there may be 5 or 6 cukes tomorrow and we ate 2, today.

Radish seeds will probably be next. I told the neighbor that by saving seeds the garden looks a little "seedy!" But, those plants are tied to stakes this year, or at least the brassicas are. One of the 3 orache plants looks like a small, purple tree!

It looks a lot better tying the floppers to stakes. Oh, that reminds me: I need to post some more dahlia pictures!

Steve

Steve, here's a trick my grandma used to use. As soon as the dillweed (that's what she called it) was ready she would go ahead and pour boiling vinegar over it, then put it up in jars. When the cukes were ready for pickling she would open the vinegared dill and use that brine for canning the cukes. I remember she always had some dill flower heads in each jar, just for looks.

 

[digitS']

It looks to me that your Grandma had a very good idea, Hoody.

Steve

 

[April Manier]

Love this post with the pics1 Salivating over your seed stores. Nice work.