The impossible happens all the time, you just have to believe that it can.

– Will Robinson

I think that a big reason that I enjoy gardening is due to the diversity it brings to your diet. Seldom are the options at the market as fresh or dense in nutrients as a home-grown fruit. There might be a certain amount of prejudice in that statement, perhaps it is the “accomplishment” in starting a seed, and bringing it to bare fruit.

Seeds can travel hundreds of miles and be shared admits many circles, bringing with them stories of how, when, who, what it does and doesn’t, and that is one of the great mysteries in each and every seed. Seeds can take many different forms, from small to the larger, tuber, to acorn, each built-in with a great deal of resilience and environmental stability.

In the many seasons, I have learned, failed, and succeeded as a gardener, the part of the process I enjoy most is seed saving. I think of it like, every new season I might focus on 2-3 but probably like 4-6 new types of plants that I might see growing in the area, or that I have seeds of, or see on the internet that has struck my fascination. This can change quickly and often does. I work on adjustments to my master gardening plan to include space for in the garden, but often there is a log jam of new things I want to try, and what works for my climate. I also look at it as field research in the market of seed consumers for what is “available”.

Then it becomes a trial in to the “how is it possible.” To understand that you have to get a general knowledge of what type of “seed” or sexual reproduction it needs in order to “survive”.