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Tips From A Survivalist On Saving Seeds<\/a><\/h3>\n
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There are no guarantees in this world we live in today. We can\u2019t rest assured that the grocery store will always be there or that its shelves will always be stocked full of food. We can\u2019t count on our local home supply store having rows and rows of different\u00a0seed<\/a>\u00a0packets to choose from if we were to ever need to grow our own food. We need to face the reality that things may \u201cgo south\u201d, and if they do, we\u2019ll only be able to count on ourselves, and the skills and knowledge we have acquired, in order to survive.<\/p>\n

In this, my first guest blog for\u00a0TheSurvivalistBlog.net<\/a>, I\u2019d like to share with you a few tips on how to store your own seeds. These are tricks I\u2019ve picked up from my mother and grandmother, other survivalist and\u00a0organic gardeners<\/a>\u00a0I know or have known in my lifetime, or just simply by me learning the hard way and adapting my methods.<\/p>\n

Well, to start with, I just need to say it, don\u2019t use genetically modified seeds in your garden; use\u00a0heirloom seeds<\/a>. Humans have survived and flourished for thousands of years planting\u00a0heirloom seeds<\/a>, and why we decided to start messing with seeds 40 or 50 years ago is beyond me. If we are ever thrown into a world where we need to grow our own food to survive, trust me, you want plants that are grown naturally and contain the most nutrients. Hybrid seeds, and the plants they produce, have been shown to contain much less nutrition than organically grown plants, and often, they require much more maintenance to grow successfully.<\/p>\n

In addition, hybrid seeds can\u2019t be saved. The majority of them turn out to be duds, and when new plant life should be growing in your garden, you\u2019ll be faced with a less than 20% growth rate. Yeah, you may survive that first year, but when year 2 comes along, you\u2019ll be starving.<\/p>\n

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