Last week the Hub offered our annual Seed Saving Workshop with master seed saver, Sherry Wise of Indiana University's Wylie House. The evening was warm and beautiful, and we walked through the garden collecting seeds and learning the different methods of seed saving used for each plant or plant family. Pictured above are bolting lettuces ready for a seed harvest. Sherry taught us that only open-pollinated, non hybrid varieties would offer a plant true to the characteristics of the parent. She shared an excellent resource from Carole B. Turner's book, Seed Sowing and Saving, Characteristics of Common Vegetables Saved from Seed.
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