Hi Zach. So glad to see your seed buying list in this video. I know that over the years you’ll be finding better varieties of seeds that give more value $. I would love a yearly video of all the seeds you buy so I can copy as we share the same planing zone. I’ve been saving seeds for a couple years now and it can be quite difficult especially with carrots to harvest the seeds at a precise time (too soon they are not ready/too late and they become dust). Some seeds are so easy like beans. Given the math I’ll be buy healthy seeds from now on and skip trying to be frugal on seeds purchases. Thanks as always ❤️🥗
Last year I spent $100 and harvested $2,685 worth of fruits and veggies. And I'm still struggling with getting brassica family crops to grow properly. I was able to get 45 pounds of carrots/25 sq ft and 79 lbs of onions per 25 sq ft. Only using 1-2" of compost per year.
Thanks for sharing so True.. you can produce so much food in small space.. and delicious fresh and rewarding. This would have been great when I started serious gardening 7 years ago. Best of success to you🎉
Actually, they really should not be buying any seeds the second year. Leave a carrot or two to go to seed, and likewise with everything. Also, the public libraries often have seed banks you can get seeds from for free, and they are typically locally produced seeds!
If you're planning to save seeds be sure to do some research about it. Some plants, corn for example, are very easily hybridized when you plant different varieties in your garden. If I remember correctly, corn is mostly pollinated by winds and the pollen can carry up to a mile. Of course if you're just growing food to eat and don't care how the seeds turn out then this is probably of little importance or concern. However, I'd still suggest considering it all due to quality, flavor, drought and disease resistance, etc in your future plants.
Seed saving is not that hard. Been saving seed for years. An excellent resource is the book Seed to Seed by Suzanne Ashworth, which walks you through seed saving step-by-step. By saving seeds from the best plants you grow, not only do you save money, but you end up with seed that becomes adapted to your exact garden conditions, and you get stronger, and even more productive plants year after year. It's amazing how vastly different one garden can be from another just a mile down the road, be it micro climate, base soil composition, micronutrients, ect...all of which can affect plant growth and production.
Hi Zach. So glad to see your seed buying list in this video. I know that over the years you’ll be finding better varieties of seeds that give more value $. I would love a yearly video of all the seeds you buy so I can copy as we share the same planing zone. I’ve been saving seeds for a couple years now and it can be quite difficult especially with carrots to harvest the seeds at a precise time (too soon they are not ready/too late and they become dust). Some seeds are so easy like beans. Given the math I’ll be buy healthy seeds from now on and skip trying to be frugal on seeds purchases. Thanks as always ❤️🥗
Last year I spent $100 and harvested $2,685 worth of fruits and veggies. And I'm still struggling with getting brassica family crops to grow properly.
I was able to get 45 pounds of carrots/25 sq ft and 79 lbs of onions per 25 sq ft. Only using 1-2" of compost per year.
That's incredible! you're doing great. That's exactly the kind of yield everybody should be getting in their garden!
That's amazing
Thanks for sharing so True.. you can produce so much food in small space.. and delicious fresh and rewarding. This would have been great when I started serious gardening 7 years ago. Best of success to you🎉
You can still do it now!
So nice of you
Actually, they really should not be buying any seeds the second year. Leave a carrot or two to go to seed, and likewise with everything. Also, the public libraries often have seed banks you can get seeds from for free, and they are typically locally produced seeds!
Yes but saving 100% of your seed is not very easy and spending a few dollars on seed every year is totally worth it.
If you're planning to save seeds be sure to do some research about it. Some plants, corn for example, are very easily hybridized when you plant different varieties in your garden. If I remember correctly, corn is mostly pollinated by winds and the pollen can carry up to a mile. Of course if you're just growing food to eat and don't care how the seeds turn out then this is probably of little importance or concern. However, I'd still suggest considering it all due to quality, flavor, drought and disease resistance, etc in your future plants.
Not that easy
@@farmtablewest5991 What is not that easy? Short little quips like this are not helpful to anyone.
Seed saving is not that hard. Been saving seed for years. An excellent resource is the book Seed to Seed by Suzanne Ashworth, which walks you through seed saving step-by-step. By saving seeds from the best plants you grow, not only do you save money, but you end up with seed that becomes adapted to your exact garden conditions, and you get stronger, and even more productive plants year after year. It's amazing how vastly different one garden can be from another just a mile down the road, be it micro climate, base soil composition, micronutrients, ect...all of which can affect plant growth and production.