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Some quick Garden recommendations
« on: September 17, 2014, 12:11:21 PM »
Garden recommendations:

If you have not yet established a garden, I’d recommend doing so immediately. You’ll want to carefully choose a site for your garden; analyze and prepare the soil; establish rows, raised beds or terraced areas; add mulches; and determine a plant layout that will aid in securing favorable crop rotations from season to season. There are a number of companies that sell the seeds you need to get started. They include local seed sellers, including farmers markets, farmstands, nurseries and garden centers.

If you already have a garden, collect the seeds from your plants and store them. You’ll want to time your harvest based on the individual plant’s method of seed dispersal, clean your seeds and spread them out to dry, label them properly and store them in secure containers in a cool, dark, dry place.

Following are suggestions regarding the 10 vegetable seeds I’ve mentioned:
* The seeds of different types of beans should be planted well away from each other whenever possible to avoid any chance of cross-pollination.

* When selecting the seeds of corn, closely examine both the plant and the ears of corn. Choose the best ears from the earliest-bearing plants.

* When you’re preparing cucumber seeds for storage, cut the cucumber in half lengthwise and scrape out the seedy pulp. Put the pulp and the seeds in a bowl of water to ferment. The heavy seeds will sink to the bottom, making it easy to drain and rinse them.

* A cool weather crop, lettuce can be eaten early but has a long season for seed saving. Lettuce seeds don’t all ripen at once.

* Melon seeds are ripe enough to collect and store when melons are ripe enough to eat.

* Let peppers ripen beyond the eating stage before collecting their seeds, which will be ready when the fruit is no longer green.

* When spinach leaves begin to turn yellow, the seeds are nearly mature. The leafiest plants should be chosen for seed saving.

* Harvest tomato seeds when the fruits are fully ripe. Save the seeds from the fruits of several plants.

* When berries turn red and ferny top leaves flop over in the fall, asparagus seeds are ready to harvest.

* You’ll get plenty of seeds from beets. In fact, what may look like a single seed is probably several seeds in a ball. When they turn brown, you’ll know they are mature.
Taking control of your personal situation will go a long way toward making certain that you and your loved ones do not join the ranks of the hungry when food becomes scarce. Once you’ve achieved food independence through the establishment of a garden and a collection of seeds, you’ll be prepared for any emergency, including one that lasts a long time.
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