14 WAYS TO EXTEND YOUR GARDENING SEASON

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June/July 1994
 
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If harvesting your own seed seems like too much bother, you can still save money and have seeds when you need them by watching for local sales in midsummer and purchasing enough seeds to carry you into the next season.

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Whether you buy seeds or harvest your own, make sure they maintain a high germination rate by storing them in a cool, dry place out of sunlight. An ammunition box — available at any military surplus outlet — makes an ideal seed storage container. So does an insulated picnic cooler (without the ice pack, of course). Add a packet of powdered milk, silica gel, or other drying crystals to keep humidity from rising above the ideal 6 percent minimum.

If you plan ahead, plant early, and keep on planting, you too can enjoy eating tons of fresh-picked veggies while everyone else grumbles about the high price of produce.

Illustrations by Joel Popadics

Resources:

The New Organic Grower's Four-Season Harvest by Eliot Coleman showes you, as the subtitle suggests, "how to harvest fresh, organic vegetables from your home garden all year long" — $17.95 from Chelsea Green Publishing Co., PO Box 130, Post Mills, VT 05058-0130, 802-333-9073.

Cold-Climate Gardening by Lewis Hill is a 320-page paperback on "how to extend your growing season by at least 30 days" — $12.95 from Storey Communications, Schoolhouse Road, Pownal, VT 05361, 800-441-5700.

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