Seed Saving

I had the best squash in my opinion the other day with my food. It's called Kambocha Squash. I've decided to save some of the seeds and attempt to grow it.

Does anyone want to swap some seeds? (open pollinated or heirloom varieties please)

I'm drying the seeds off on top of some old newspaper.

Starting more seeds

I started some seeds a few weeks ago and decided to start some more. I seem to be having trouble starting the Chile de Arbol pepper and Cayenne Pepper so I started more of those.

I made my seedling starting pots from recycled newspaper, toilet paper rolls, paper towel rolls, and plastic from a container that I was going to throw away. Also, the tray the seedlings are on are from plastic from Trader Joes that held strawberries and cucumbers. All recycled and free!

I have tomatillos, peter pan squash, 2 varieties of onions, chile de arbol pepper, 2 varieties of cucumbers and some spinach (which i think is way too late in the season to start). Next time I'll start the spinach way before the spring here in the warm SoCal weather.

Here are the cucumbers and peter pan squash that I've transplanted. I think it was a bit too soon to transplant them, but they seem to be doing fine.

Sorting through the seeds

I've been meaning to organize my seeds.  I've usually kept them in their original packaging just folding over the tops and placed in bag full of more of these packages. So, I've taken all the seeds in my bin and decided to organize them.