In the interests of growing your own and not growing the explosion of GM crops, supermarket profits et al. I have joined the HSL at Garden Organic (link provided above right). It is my first time (!) and the anticipation of my seed choices dropping into my letter box is great right now. I have only ever saved peas and beans before. A combination of laziness and lack of knowledge had washed over me. All that is set to change, as the HSL actively encourages you to "adopt a seed", nurture it and pass it on. Swelling it's numbers and hopefully reigniting interest in an otherwise lost variety is the name of the game.
GYO is enjoying a revival, but as rising prices increase your tab, should not we all be looking to save costs by saving seed...year upon year?
It will be a steep learning curve for me, but one that I embrace wholeheartedly, as we creep ever closer to the 2012 growing season. Come on and join me!
UPDATE
HSL seeds arrived today. So happy and excited. Varieties never grown before feel like diamonds in my hands...priceless treasures!
THE SEED PACKETS
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