The Complete Guide to Saving Seeds: 322 Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, Flowers, Trees, and Shrubs

OMG- I came across this book when searching for another book on how to keep my vegetable growing using my own seed collection from year to year. This book is everything you wanted to know and more.

PREPPERS, YOU HAVE TO BUY THIS BOOK. this book INCLUDES DETAIL ON HOW TO HAND POLLINATE, & GERMINATION REQUIREMENTS for all of the food plants you want I promise. not much good having seeds if you dont know when and how to germinate them. also of course contains the step by step instructions on how to save and store the seeds. any gardener will know, and this book will also teach you, that you need to know all of these things in order to be able to grow your own food. this book is gold!!!!!!!! you will also learn so much about all plants, even ones you may find in the wild and are unable to identify, how to pollinate and save their seeds, just from the biology section. I thank God that there are people in this world that have this kind of knowledge, and have decided to put it to use in providing help to others PLEASE BUY THIS BOOK. buy a copy for your friends too. this is a valuable encyclopedia

This book gives you a plethora of information as to WHY you have to do things a certain way, you aren't left with questions as to "what if I did it this way?" or "what about that?". If you are inquisitive, this is a great answer to your gardening needs. No reason to invest hundreds to thousands of dollars over time gardening when you can save seeds and MONEY. This is a great investment for knowledge and really is important to those achieving self sustainability. Not just saving seeds but how to store them, how to germinate and start the process again, it's great information! BUT... I have an olive tree and this book does not include how to save seeds/store/germinate in the event I am ready to add another, over all I didn't see anything else missing!

The only reason I did not give this 5 stars is that it does not contain pictures of a seed/seed pod from every plant it covers. Maybe that's being too picky, because this is a wonderful book. I'll use this as a reference for a long time coming. I bought the book last year, and have begun to really apply it this fall to harvest seeds for next spring.

This book has a lot more information than just how to save seeds. I've never been very successful about starting plants from seeds and now I know why. So many things I was doing wrong. This books explains quite well how to successfully start plants from seeds, what to do, and what not to do. Explains what to look for in a plant so you can save the best seeds. If you have bad plants, you'll have bad seeds. I'm not completely through it yet and haven't tried starting seeds yet so the proof is yet to come how well I've learned. Only frustration is the writer's penchant for using too many of the scientific terms for types of plants, plant parts, etc. He does explain their meaning but it's difficult to remember so much at one time. Glossary doesn't have all the terms either. Overall, the book is excellent and I'm very glad I bought it.

I bought "Seed to Seed" years ago and loved it. This is a huge improvement. It gives so much more information, is very clear and easy to understand, and is nearly an all-in-one resource. Even plants that aren't covered in the book can be understood since the basics are given in detail. I have read through it once, referenced it several times during planting this season, and plan on reading through it again after harvest in order to prepare for next year. I highly recommend this for anyone who owns or plans on owning a seed bank, or for anyone growing in their garden/back yard. Unless you grew up farming, most of the information here will be new to you.

This is an excellent resource for anyone who is already a seed saver or anyone who is looking to start a seed collection. This book was recommended to me by an experienced seed saver and I’m happy to recommend it as well.

This book is a wealth of knowledge. Especially if you are wanting to get serious about self reliance and homesteading. The beginning of the book covers seed biology, growing plants for seeds, harvesting and cleaning seeds, seed stage, germination, sowing seeds and transplanting and breeding your own varieties! Wow! The rest of the book is layer out in sections of vegetables, herbs, flowers and nuts and seeds. The ind3x in the back is fantastic for looking up some plants as many are found through the chapters under their lesser known names. When you look up a plants common name in the index it redirects you to is more technical name and tells you were in the book to find it. 10 outta 10 would recommend!

This book offers precise advices about how to save your seeds in order to keep it as long as possible, and still able to germinate. It also gives precise informations on how to collect it, to erase disease from it, and on the conditions to sow it.

This book has everything you want to know about saving seeds and money.

As an amateur propagator, I thoroughly recommend this book. It is very well written, well illustrated and easy to follow.

excellent book :: must have

Awesome book ! Seeds are far more complicated then I first thought. This book has al the answers !