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Back Garden Seed Saving: Keeping Our Vegetable Heritage Alive Paperback – February 1, 2003

by Sue Stickland (Author)
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 56 ratings
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The latest strains of tomato may look perfect, but they often have thick skins and tasteless flesh. Dwarf peas may be the easiest to grow commercially, but many gardeners still grow attractive six-foot types that taste "like peas used to taste." Whatever the benefits of modern hybrids, old varieties still have much to offer, and they are becoming hard to find.
Seed saving is a surprisingly simple and hugely satisfying way to propogate your favorite varieties. In this book you will find easy-to-follow, crop by crop guidelines to help you save your own seed.
Relevant to the beginner as well as the expert, Back Garden Seed Saving tells how and why we should join in the battle to save our irreplaceable vegetable heritage, and the reward--a kitchen full of tasty vegetables.
The benefits of saving your own seed
Select plants best suited to your own growing conditions
Help preserve our shrinking vegetable heritage
Break our dependence on multinational seed companies
Save money
Share seed with friends, neighbors, and fellow gardener
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  1. Print length
    200 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Eco-Logic Books
  4. Publication date
    February 1, 2003
  5. Dimensions
    6.75 x 0.75 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1899233091
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1899233090
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About the Author

Sue Stickland is a top organic gardener who lives and works in the English county of Shropshire. She is author of many best selling gardening books including the highly rated Organic Gardening. Back Garden Seed Saving is the result of her work for the nationwide Heritage Seed Search, instigated by the Henry Doubleday Research Association, Britain's foremost organic gardening association.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Eco-Logic Books (February 1, 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 200 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1899233091
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1899233090
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.75 x 0.75 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 56 ratings

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Andrea Gagyi
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in Germany on January 5, 2022
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Love it, can't wait to put it in practice!
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Michael Watson
5.0 out of 5 stars well saved, sir
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 19, 2009
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I was desperate to find a book which could point me in the right direction for saving the seeds of as many of the veggies I grow each year - and this book is it.

I've already begun my mission to save myself a load of money for next year. The test will come when I try to grow my own from these seeds but I remain confident. Sue Strickland tells it how it is in a very straightforward manner. If anything, it can be a little repetitive if you try to read right through the chapters. However, for dipping in on a particular vegetable it is perfect. More importantly, perhaps, she has encouraged me to consider some of the rarer or less well-known varieties, so I suspect any savings I make on the traditional veg will be spent on a few of these rarer types. At least I can save these seeds for the following year.

If only we have a summer next year, of course.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 30, 2021
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An informative book on the importance of vegetable seed saving. Fully informative on the methods of saving for each vegetable group.
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david fenwick
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book toLearn how to take seeds
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 31, 2021
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Great book
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4.0 out of 5 stars .
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 3, 2021
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Fascinating and useful.
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