What will the course do for me? You ask. By taking this course, you will be able to

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• Have the security of being able to provide for yourself and your family quality crops from your own garden year after year, knowing they are going to have the same nutritional value, size and appearance on into the future

• ​The security of knowing you will not run out of the high nutrient food your body needs to be healthy

• Have the wonderful feeling of satisfaction from having bred and saved your own quality seeds, which I can assure you is a very empowering feeling

• Have the opportunity to exchange seeds with others who have taken this course, because you can connect with each other in the course platform.  

• You can also have the opportunity to sell some of your excess seeds, or put them into long term storage and build up your future ‘Seed Bank’ against the day of need, which we all hope will never arrive

• Have the opportunity to breed and save seeds in a little space

 

The good news is, it is not hard to breed and save your own seeds. With a little equipment, and a bit of knowledge, you can save your own genetically pure seeds and a have a well-built supply of seeds!

 

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The processes involved in this course are simple, and there is little cost aside from your time. Many varieties of vegetables need little intervention from you, and others that do, are easily managed with the right techniques, which I am going to teach you ‘step by step’.

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In the ‘Breeding and Saving Heirloom Seeds from your Home Garden’, you will learn the following

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• The science of plant reproduction via flowers, so that you have the confidence to do certain breeding practices. Cucumbers, Zucchinis, Pumpkins and Melons all require the same breeding technique to prevent cross-pollination

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• Botanical Classification. Knowledge of the Genus and species of your plants is vital to know, in order to prevent any cross-pollination

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• Which plants can be left to go to seed without intervention, and which plants need to be isolated from others so their offspring have the pure genetic lineage.

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• The techniques of isolation you can use to isolate those plants to prevent contamination from pollen from other plants of the same species

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• Step by Step instructions, pictures and videos showing you how to isolate your plants and perform any breeding techniques for every vegetable, or vegetable ‘Family’ in this course

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• ​​​Step by Step videos and instructions showing you how to process any seeds that need processing so they are able to germinate the following spring. Some seeds, like tomato seeds have a coating on the seeds which prevents them from germinating

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• Step by step videos or images showing you how to work with individual types of vegetables.

Once you have seen these videos and learned the ‘know how’, you will be able to transfer that knowledge onto other varieties of the same ‘Family’ of vegetables

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• How to mature your harvested seeds for each variety

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• For some varieties, videos of demonstrations on how to extract the seeds and keep them as clean as possible

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• Storage Methods for the short term or long term that you can trust to keep your seeds viable

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The vegetables studied in this course are of all the common vegetables that reproduce via their flowers. (See list below on this sales page)

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A complete course transcript of the entire course will be available as a download, which you can print at the local Stationers, bind it into a book and can carry out to the garden with you.

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Quite literally, you will learn all you need to know from start to finish on breeding and saving your common vegetable seeds.

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The course will be available for you for a lifetime, so that you can go back and refresh your memory of any part of the course.