Quarrantine from my perspective

originally posted by: Starcrossd

originally posted by: Lumenari

a reply to: Lumenari
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My grandfather gave me his seed closet when he died... it used to be a apothecary case.

It's a wooden box with 200 little wooden drawers... 10 by 20.

It took me awhile to learn seeds... like how to harvest your own carrot seeds, lettuce seeds, etc.

I have weird things like Egyptian walking onions from my wife's side of the family from Oklahoma in the 1890's.

They self-propagate... so it's the same plant as 130 years ago.

It's an onion that is a shallot that is kinda a garlic... I use it a lot in cooking.

The Whole Seed catalog is my garden porn.
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What an amazing TREASURE!!!! I'd be giddy with such a gift.

I've been saving some seeds as well but not doing great at storing them lol. Hopefully I will have the time and get better at it! This year I have a very small crop but still going to have fun. Tomatoes, Cucumbers, blackberries, a fig, cherry and orange trees! But they're just starting - still so excited!

Fig and orange trees... now I am jealous.

I don't live in a place that can do that... zone 6 here and I can barely keep my paw-paw trees going.

Please take the time to get better at seed collections and teach your kids too.

People like us may be the ones keeping things going someday.

a reply to: Lumenari

O, my trees are just babies and not producing yet! Fingers x'd though! In truth, this is my 3rd try with a citrus, the extreme weather changes we have here (Tx) killed my other attempts. They always happen when I am away and can't rescue them.
if I'm still around in this wide world when they start producing I promise I will send you some fruit!
I definitely will work on my seed collecting and saving, it is something I care greatly about as well. Just need to devote the time to organizing a good storage system, then the game is on!