Fall Gardening - It's Time To Gather Flower Seeds
3 Materials
1 Hour
Easy
Gardening can be an expensive hobby, so I like to save money whenever I can in the garden. One way to do this is by gathering seeds from flowers you love to save and plant in the spring. This is also a fun activity to do with kids and a great way to teach them about gardening. Here are some easy steps for gathering and saving seeds.
First, let's gather some seeds. Wait until the seed pods are dried out on the plant just like the picture of the marigold above.
Once the seed pods are dried out, simply break them open and collect the seeds. In the case of tiny seeds like snapdragons, I take an envelope and shake the seeds into it. Then, very important, make sure to write the name of the plant on the envelope. I can't even tell you how many times I've had great intentions and did everything right only to forget to mark the envelope. If you're interested, I do have these cute printable seed packets available on my blog in the Gardening Resources Library.
Store your envelopes in a dry place. I usually put a few silica gel packets, that come in pill bottles and tons of other things, in my box of seeds to help with moisture control.
Some easy annual flowers seeds to collect and save include: marigolds, snapdragons, zinnias and cosmos. Some easy perennial flower seeds to collect and save include: blanket flower, cone flower, shasta daisy and black-eyed Susan.
It's just that simple, really. I get a thrill every year watching the plants grow that I grew from seed. Especially seed that I harvested and saved from some of my favorite flowers just like the marigolds above that were grown from seeds I harvested last year.
Fall is a great time to save money on gardening. If you're interested in learning some more fun and frugal gardening tips, check out this article: Fall Gardening - Thinking Ahead to Next Spring.
Stay tuned and later in the winter and early spring, we'll talk about winter sowing seeds and seed starting. It really is fun to propagate new plants from seeds you've saved from your garden.
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