It’s autumn already, time to slow down and save your seeds

Summer’s mayhem is over and it’s time to take stock, tidy up, do a little weeding

Fall back. It’s official. The second day of September, the first days of meteorological autumn. It is the equinox this month. The sun is closing on its winter low. Sap’s slowing, returning to soil. It’s the time of the first frosts, time to stop feed. We are leaving the months of growth.

Time, though, to save seed. I am prone to the sexy allure of a seed packet but to sow food or flowers you’ve saved yourself is a special kind of joy. So leave the last peas to dry on the stem, the same with beans, select a few fat pods and resist the urge to eat them.

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