Yay.. Some Sun!

Spring is finally here and we cant wait to get planting! We still have some of last seasons crops in the beds but have decided to get the soil prepared for the weeks to come. First things first though, we wanted to save some seed from our lettuce that has begun to flower.

After years of wasting money on overpriced seedlings and seeds (and wracking up a pretty hefty collection of empty pots) we decided to start collecting our own seed. The idea for our garden in the beginning was to become a little bit more self sustainable but now its more of an addiction we need to save all the money we can! Collecting seed can sometimes be a bit of a hassle and most people will probably not bother, but for us it feels pretty rewarding.

Our process for collecting lettuce seeds:

1. wait until at least half of the flowers have gone to seed
2. cut the entire top of plant off and place upside down in a paper envelope to dry
3. when dry we will shake the seeds from the plant into the envelope and hopefully save ourself a few extra bucks on seeds!