147- Saving Seeds for Your Next Garden with Phil Kauth of Seed Savers Exchange

The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy

Jill McSheehy

Gardening, Garden, How To, Education, Organicgardening, Home & Garden, Leisure, Homegardening, Beginninggardener, Vegetablegardening

4.4 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Saving your own seeds is a wonderful way to save money in the garden. It is so rewarding to save your own seeds to be able to use in your garden the next year.

In this episode I talk with Philip Kauth of the Seed Savers Exchange about how to get started saving seeds from what you are already growing in your garden.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Have you tried to shop for seeds lately?
0:03.0	If so, then you know that the seed supply shortage that we saw earlier this year hasn't gone away.
0:10.0	And while, of course, I can't predict what's going to happen with the seed supply six months down the line,
0:16.0	I can tell you that personally, I'm getting more serious about seed saving. I have been seed saving
0:22.9	myself since my very first year, so I can tell you it's completely doable. And some crops are
0:28.6	really, really easy. They're a no-brainer. Not to mention the satisfaction that you get when
0:35.2	you're saving your own seeds and next year you have a crop full of
0:39.2	vegetables from seeds that you save from the year before? I consider that free food. Even if you're a
0:45.8	first time gardener. Actually, I'd say especially if you're a first time gardener. Saving your own
0:51.6	seeds is something that I recommend you already get into the habit of doing.
0:55.7	You'll be so glad you did and you'll be so grateful for it next year. But how do you even get
1:01.7	started? To talk about this subject, I wanted to ask someone who knows how to save seeds,
1:07.8	who could teach me some things that I didn't know. And did he? Today I'm going to be
1:13.3	sharing with you my conversation with Philip Couth of the Seed Sabers Exchange. You may have
1:19.3	actually bought seeds from this company before. I know I have. And I was so grateful to hear
1:24.8	Phil's tips on how to save seeds from the vegetables that I am
1:29.3	already growing in my garden now. At the end of this episode, after you've listened to this
1:34.6	conversation between Phil and myself, you will be well on your way to having the knowledge you
1:40.3	need to save your own seeds this year. And you will be so glad you did. Hi, I'm Jill and in
1:47.8	2013 I started my first garden having no background, knowledge, or experience whatsoever. Now I am
1:54.4	embarking on my eighth season of growing my own vegetables, fruits, and herbs and I'm proof that you
1:59.6	don't have to have decades of experience to grow your own garden, bigger, and herbs, and I'm proof that you don't have to have decades of experience
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