A printable field guide for Zone 6a gardeners
This is everything I've learned about saving seeds over twenty seasons of growing heirloom varieties at Freighter View Farms on the shores of Saginaw Bay. It covers fifteen crops organized by difficulty — from tomatoes and beans (which practically save themselves) to biennials like carrots and beets (which take two years and some patience).
Print it. Laminate it. Hang it in your garden shed.
Crops covered
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