A pocket full of seeds

Some of my herbs are just going to seed now, and I’ve come up with a very cute idea!

I bought these seed pockets, made up a quick label on the computer and now I have sweet little gift envelopes to fill with seeds for my friends.

My basil, Thai basil and garlic chives are going to seed now. I like to let them flower to attract the bees and then I will collect the seeds and make up some more of these Garden Beagle envelopes!

A seed of an idea...

About now in the garden, most plants are dying off and it's time to get in and rip them out. I like to leave one or two plants to go to seed so I can collect it for next year. When your coriander bolts in the heat, stake it so it's out of the way and doesn't look too messy, then when the seed heads go dry and brown, collect them into a bowl, dry them out and store them in a jar or an envelope, ready to plant next season.

Here's a jar of seeds I've collected:

 

 

I'm also drying some lettuce seeds, dill, radish, beans and zucchini. As long as you're growing the heritage varieties, most of the vegetables will grow true to type. It's easy, it saves money and you can put some in a pretty envelope and give them to your friends as a little gift for their garden. The coriander above I've been collecting the seeds from for three generations now!