Redwood Seeds Blog

Winter squash seed is ready for harvest when the squash are ready to eat. These are squashes like butternut, acorn, sweetmeat, hubbard, spaghetti etc. Summer squash seed like zucchini and patty pan...

Hopefully by this time of the summer you're rolling in tomatoes wherever you may live! I'd like to use this week's email to share the 'how to' for saving tomato...

We are back to a topic near and dear to me, seed saving. But this weekend I'm looking at the business side of it. Have you ever considered growing seeds...

Do you have lettuce planted in your garden right now? Are you curious about seed saving? Lettuce, Lactuca sativa, is a great place to start because it is a self pollinated...

A few weeks ago we focused on seed saving and I promised to return to the topic. Today we return! If you hope to save seed from your garden this...

Pocket seeds are a thing! Do you walk by interesting plants and stuff seeds into your pockets? We do too. I first began gardening in my early 20s and soon...

Here is our old friend Calypso or Orca bean. Each time I grow these again I am stunned but their beauty!

Read here to learn about seed saving techniques for cool season brassica crops including cabbage, broccoli and kale.

  Elisa and Sheena cut open and scoop seeds from winter squash   Wet Processing Basics- Smash or cut open fruit into a container. Some fruits will need a fermentation...

Listen up here! This is what you need to know if you want to save brassica seed in your garden and keep the varieties pure. Pay attention to scientific names....