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harvest of how-to: saving tomato seed, easy canning inspiration, and more
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Gardeners don't just hand down favorite plants, but also the very best in how-to: the way they do something that gives you the little "aha" you needed, and the nudge to go try it yourself. This week I went to a seed conference, a seed farm field day, and watched some new videos from a master canner -- and in the process got a giant harvest of inspiration I want to share.
saving tomato seed: a day at the seed library
Hudson Valley Seed Library co-founder Doug Muller makes it sound easy, and gross in a fun way -- you know, like when you're 12 years old and "gross" is an adjective you say and then giggle delightedly at the slightly naughty notion. Doug was teaching a group of us how to save tomato seeds, using words like "slimy" and "smelly" and "goopy" and, yes: "gross." How to save wet seeds such as tomatoes. (That's one fruit of their 'Upstate Oxheart' heirloom variety, above.)
smart, easy canning, with theresa loe
Theresa Loe packs more into a garden -- or a canning jar -- than anyone else I know. A longtime gardener and city homesteader on just a tenth of an acre in Los Angeles, she manages to layer her back and even front yards much the way she layers cucumber slices and spices into canning jars for her easy, low-salt refrigerator pickles. That how-to and recipe is the second of 13 short lessons this Master Food Preserver is serving up starting this week on "Growing a Greener World," the PBS series where she is a founding producer.
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