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Grateful Harvest

9/9/2017

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 God is so good!
Delicious, nutrient dense, full flavored produce that is beyond anything we can get in the stores!
These are some of our heirloom veggies, fruits and seeds we are working to gather before the birds and slugs do.  {Yes, (!) Jr. Farmer has a small green watermelon in there too! Do you see it between those two peppers?} Gratefully, we are gathering our biggest seed harvest yet that we'll dry to use in the garden next year. Dad found his favorite peas of those we grew this year and we are making certain to keep as much of that seed as possible. It's a treat to see him happily gobbling goodies in the garden with us.  

When you harvest your own seeds, they grow even better than those you can purchase as they are grown in your region, your climate, your soils...basically, your very own 'garden specific' seeds. In our experience they come up first and are the hardiest compared to seeds from other sources. We try to save the first and largest fruits/veggies from each of the plants for seed.

This year we have really enjoyed our tomatoes and found that starting them with a bit of Epsom salt, crushed egg shell and rabbit manure in their transplant hole brought the biggest, healthiest, most abundant crop we've ever experienced! That is one experiment well worth repeating. I even found during the heat they did not need watering as you would expect because the soils retained water and nutrients really well.  A great (and delicious) learning experience for all! 


Many of the seeds we started with we purchased from our favorite supplier:
www.HeirloomSeeds.com
They have excellent prices, great germination and quality -we've kept seeds for YEARS and they still grow well. We started getting their seeds over 14 years ago and today they offer even more varieties including organic seeds! They are a great resource to help you get your own 'garden specific' seed bank started.


And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.  Genesis 1:11-12
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