Carrots-growing my own carrot seed

Seed saving and growing my own seed is big part of gardening for me.Here are a few pics of my first attempt at growing carrot seeds,fingers crossed

How to save cantaloupe seeds

Here's how I get my own cheap seed from cantaloupe we buy at the grocery store.Seeing I can't do any outdoor gardening I decided to do some experimenting with these seeds I saved.This is part one of three..will post the second and third part (germinating and planting) shortly

 This is the piece of cantaloupe I'm taking the seeds from

 Here I have the seeds and some pieces of fruit..next step they must be cleaned

 The seeds have been cleaned through a strainer

 Here I'm testing them to see which ones will sink and which ones will float

 I skimmed off the ones that floated 

 Here are my finished seeds..I'll let them dry before storing

Saving seed in Newfoundland

http://www.thetelegram.com/Living/2011-10-19/article-2780831/Saving-seed/1

A generation or two ago in Newfoundland, saving seeds from vegetables was pretty run-of-the-mill. Back then, saving seed was about saving money, and about saving time, because you couldn’t always pop down to the nearest store to get some.

I grew these parsnip seeds a few years ago

Harvesting my turnip seeds

Here  I'm cutting some of my turnip seeds, as you can see I grew tons of them

each pod contains couple dozen seeds

turnip seeds

Turnip seeds

I'm growing my own turnip seeds this year.

Local seeds need saving!

Local seeds need saving!

Germinating parsnip seeds

I'm happy to say my parsnip seeds are sprouting!So my experiment about growing my own parsnip seeds was a success.Probably next year I might try some carrot seed....

Garden Update

First turnip of the season from the garden. It weighed in at 4 lbs. I'm quite pleased with that. 

Seed Saver

I'm a seed saver.  I've saved lots of flower seeds before but this is my first attempt at veggie seeds. 

Below, the seeds look ready to fall off, so I decided to cut some bunches off before they fell to the ground.

Parsnip seeds on a paper towel

I'm testing the viability of these seeds in a damp paper towel in a plastic bag.

This is my drying setup. I'm excited to see how it turns out. I hope to have plenty of parsnip seeds for next year.