There is a way to use last year’s or even the previous year’s seeds (let’s just say you found some from a few years ago) but you will likely have a lower percentage rate of germination.  Lower is not bad, just plan to plant accordingly.  If you have some older seeds, simply try a few of them in germinating pots for the allotted period of germination. Often in stead of placing one seed per pot, if you put in 3-6 you will get a higher percentage of that seed growing to a usable little sprout for transplant.

Today we are testing a crop of seeds that should have been planted in the 2010 growing season.  In anywhere from 5-20 days (given each seeds differing germination time) we anticipate having a fairly good percentage of new seedlings for our fall garden. In a week or two we’ll update you as to our percentage rate of these ‘older’ heirloom seeds and the outcome of our test.

Enjoy the journey!

The Millers own and operate Millers Grain House as the family business which provides tips, training and retreats as well as vital supplies for preparing yourself and your home for an uncertain future and gaining many important back to basics skills.

Best Blessings!
Joseph & Donna Miller, Owners of Millers Grain House

No hybrids and so all will produce seeds that reproduce thus starting out seed bank.

So, as the weather is cold and the mind is all that I can use to plant, here is our list for this year!

How does your garden grow?

Anyone else dreaming of spring?

Gotta get to plowing!