Know Your Seeds

There are basically four different kinds of seed you can purchase.

1. Open Pollinated Seed.    
   This is the most natural seed, simply because it has not been interfered with in any laboratory.
   This seed is pollinated by Nature…bees, insects and wind. Occasionally by us too as we brush up against flowers and accidentally get pollen on our clothes, carrying it to another flower and so on. Sometimes we help Mother Nature a little by gently brushing the pollen from one flower to another. It’s all good! These seeds are what are commonly referred to more and more as “Organic” on the packaging. Organic seeds are fast becoming more difficult to obtain in Garden Shops etc. This is because the big seed companies are busy buying up the small seed companies, leaving the consumer with less and less choice!
2. High Yielding Seed.    These look attractive in the packet, with…