seed saving
Storing future plants
Seed saving is the practice of collecting and storing seeds from plants for future planting.
Gardeners and farmers save seeds to preserve heirloom varieties, reduce costs, or maintain plants adapted to local conditions.
The practice connects to broader movements around food sovereignty and biodiversity: She's been seed saving for years, keeping her grandmother's tomato variety alive.
- compostingDecomposing organic matter deliberately
- crop rotationAlternating field plantings yearly
- organic farmingCultivation without synthetic chemicals
- heirloom varietiesTraditional, non-hybrid plant strains
- heritage seedsTraditional, open-pollinated plant varieties
crossbreeding · companion planting · dry storage · winnowing · hand harvesting · hybrid seeds · airtight containers · permaculture · threshing · gardening workshops · grassroots movements · biodiversity · native species · pods · community gardens · soil health · climate resilience · organic
- sustainabilityreduce, reuse, recycle, sustainable yield, recycling programs
- heritage plantsheirloom tomatoes, heirloom seeds, heritage seeds, heritage varieties, heirloom varieties
- smallholder farmingsubsistence farming, smallholders, smallholdings, family farms, hand tools
- crop farmingharvesting, planting, tractors, fertilizing, fertilizer
- gardeninggardener, gardening, flowers, seeds, soil
- horticulturehorticulture, gardening, cultivation, planting, seeds