COMMENTARY

• Describes these seed terms and what they mean:
  • GMO
  • Hybrid
  • Organic
• The difference between open-pollinated and heirloom seeds
• The advantage to saving seeds adapting to the space where grown

COMMENTARY

• Method of how to store seeds
• How long do seeds last before planting?
• Can you freeze seeds as storage?
• Using a tomato as an example, Greg explains how to harvest those seeds in the tomato and getting them ready to store
• Explains how The Great American Seed Up was started and how you can purchase bulk seeds

LISTENER

• Thay have 10 year old Pink Lady apple trees that have produced very few apples. Greg explains why that’s happening and the two types of apple trees that grow well in the low desert

COMMENTARY

• Seeds you can save from tomatoes, peppers, even beans
• Rosie’s seed storing story of a gourd found during an archeological dig in Tucson that contained seeds estimated to be 5 to 6 hundred years old