Seed Savers Handbook by Michel & Jude Fanton

The Seed Savers' Handbook is a complete reference guide for growing, preparing, and conserving 117 traditional varieties of food plants.

Written by the founders of Australia's Seed Saver's Network, this fascinating book shows how gardeners can protect our global food heritage - and eat it too. The seeds and growth cycles of 117 vegetables, culinary herbs & edible flowers are described in detail including practical information on how to save seed & guidelines to keeping it pure.

Highly recommended for anyone wishing to save their own seed.

Soft cover. 178 pages. 

Written in 1993.

Illustrated by Alfredo Bononno