Storing Vegetable Seeds

“Every spring we invest in a variety of garden seeds, plant as much as we can fit into our garden, and stash the remaining seeds.

When the seeds are pulled out the following spring I always question how viable they are after being stored in a ziplock bag in the pantry all summer and winter.

So, the challenge is how to store garden seeds to maximize shelf life.

The 3 most important factors in seed storage are moisture, light and temperature.

Seeds germinate in warm, moist, and bright environments. Therefore, to successfully store seeds a cool, dry, and dark environment must be created…”

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Self Sufficient Backyard

In all that time an electric wire has never been connected to our house. We haven’t gotten or paid an electricity bill in over 40 years, but we have all the electricity we want. We grow everything we need, here, in our small backyard. We also have a small medicinal garden for tough times. Read More Here...

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