{"id":409,"date":"2014-10-25T19:48:08","date_gmt":"2014-10-25T23:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/?p=409"},"modified":"2015-10-15T00:10:56","modified_gmt":"2015-10-15T04:10:56","slug":"2014-seed-saving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/?p=409","title":{"rendered":"2014 Seed Saving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In mid-October, we had plenty of undiscovered pole beans which had gone unpicked and had dried in place. Here are a few on the right, with fresh ones on the left.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-416\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_0283_2014_10_04_SeedSaving_sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-416 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_0283_2014_10_04_SeedSaving_sm-1024x999.jpg\" alt=\"_MG_0283_2014_10_04_SeedSaving_sm\" width=\"660\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_0283_2014_10_04_SeedSaving_sm-1024x999.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_0283_2014_10_04_SeedSaving_sm-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_0283_2014_10_04_SeedSaving_sm.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fresh and dry pole beans on the vine, early October<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A few other things&#8211;flowers, Shishitos, even Asparagus berries&#8211; were available for seed saving. I hadn&#8217;t planned for this at all but it seemed like a good thing to try. The beans came out easily. I planted them in 2015.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-414\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_0307_2014_10_12_SeedSaving_sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-414 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_0307_2014_10_12_SeedSaving_sm-1024x796.jpg\" alt=\"_MG_0307_2014_10_12_SeedSaving_sm\" width=\"660\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_0307_2014_10_12_SeedSaving_sm-1024x796.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_0307_2014_10_12_SeedSaving_sm-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_0307_2014_10_12_SeedSaving_sm.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cracking open pole bean pods<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--more-->I even accidentally took a decent photo for a change. Here we see some peppers drying out on the bottom left.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-415\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_0299_2014_10_12_SeedSaving_sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-415 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_0299_2014_10_12_SeedSaving_sm-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"_MG_0299_2014_10_12_SeedSaving_sm\" width=\"660\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_0299_2014_10_12_SeedSaving_sm-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_0299_2014_10_12_SeedSaving_sm-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_0299_2014_10_12_SeedSaving_sm.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seeds being processed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Apparently seeds are the most photogenic thing in the garden.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-411\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_2170_2014_10_12_SeedSaving_sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-411 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_2170_2014_10_12_SeedSaving_sm-910x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2170_2014_10_12_SeedSaving_sm\" width=\"660\" height=\"743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_2170_2014_10_12_SeedSaving_sm-910x1024.jpg 910w, https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_2170_2014_10_12_SeedSaving_sm-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_2170_2014_10_12_SeedSaving_sm.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pepper, beans, asparagus and flower seed pods<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It must have been unseasonably warm that day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_410\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-410\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_0314_2014_GardenerShots.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-410 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_0314_2014_GardenerShots-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"_MG_0314_2014_GardenerShots\" width=\"660\" height=\"990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_0314_2014_GardenerShots-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_0314_2014_GardenerShots-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/MG_0314_2014_GardenerShots.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Savoring the seed-saving session<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was a fun and meditative way to spend an afternoon. We ended up saving quite a few seeds, although the Asparagus berries got moldy a few days later. We tossed them. But the flowers, beans and peppers all got packaged up and given away in the coming months. Felt good!<\/p>\n<p>Our complete set of beans and Shishitos in the following season would all come from this session. I even had a stamp made and packaged up a few to give away to friends and fellow gardeners.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_2348_Misc_2015_01_22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-743 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_2348_Misc_2015_01_22-e1444106705778-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2348_Misc_2015_01_22\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_2348_Misc_2015_01_22-e1444106705778-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/IMG_2348_Misc_2015_01_22-e1444106705778-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In mid-October, we had plenty of undiscovered pole beans which had gone unpicked and had dried in place. Here are a few on the right, with fresh ones on the left. A few other things&#8211;flowers, Shishitos, even Asparagus berries&#8211; were available for seed saving. I hadn&#8217;t planned for this at all but it seemed like &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/?p=409\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2014 Seed Saving<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,55],"tags":[122,121],"class_list":["post-409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-74","category-seed-saving","tag-seed-drying","tag-seed-saving"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=409"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987,"href":"https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409\/revisions\/987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivefurrow.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}