Seed Saving

I found a radish in the garden with seed pods. Why not crack them open and save the seeds? 

Each pod has roughly three seeds. It takes a while to bust the pod open and carve them out! 

I've also saved a bunch of calendula seeds (a pretty and medicinal flower), dill seed, and coriander seeds. Calendula is easy to collect; those seeds tend to drop, so just brushing your fingers over the seeds drops them into your hands. 

I thought dill and cilantro would drop their seeds too, but it seems like everything stays attached. It's fairly painstaking to pluck every seed off the plant and I still have a container of dead plants in my garage waiting for me to process the seeds.