Seed Sowing and Saving: Step-by-Step Techniques for Collecting and Growing More Than 100 Vegetables, Flowers, and Herbs

by Carole B. Turner

Carole Turner shows you everything you need to know to harvest, dry, store, and sow seeds from more than 100 common garden plants so you can use them again next year. She provides information on appropriately preparing your soil, testing seeds for viability, tending your seedlings, and much more. Growing your own seeds is a fun and inexpensive way to enjoy thriving gardens year after year!

Genres: Gardening, Reference, Nonfiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 2, 1998

Reviews

[Linn · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a new gardener, this book is a great reference. It's well organized, easy to read, and has instructions for over 100 different common plants. The pictures and diagrams are well made. I'll be re-reading this again around January next year so that I can prep for my garden properly.

[Sherri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good explanation, drawings, variety of plants.

[Karen Soanes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super helpful - especially the illustrations.

[Crystal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice guide to seed starting and saving with detailed instructions on many different plants

[Cristina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this book does a good job of reviewing just about everything you need to know to save seeds. I like that each plant had its own page with illustrations of what the seed looks like. Unfortunately, there are several plants that were not listed in the book at all. I will probably need to find another book with an illustration of what the tiny Thyme seed looks like and how I go about gathering it.

[Tracey · Rating 3 out of 5]

nonfiction; gardening/diy. Step-by-step info on collecting, storing, and sowing/planting your own seeds for a great variety of different edible veggies, herbs, and decorative flowers. Doesn't include fruits or perhaps all of the veggies that you might possibly be interested in, but it's a good volume to get a beginner started (and probably also to keep on hand in future seasons to come).

[Cheri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, useful knowledge. Definitely going to bookmark some pages and use it as a reference. Woot.

[Tarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

okay- this book is pretty limited in the amount of plants it covers, so I'm giving it a three, but as a first-book for seed planting to seed collecting, it's pretty good.

[Fran · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book tells you how to save seeds for a variety of plants- vegetable and flower.