Saving Seeds

I'm saving seeds again this year. I just picked an eggplant that I left growing beyond the edible stage and now I'm drying the seeds for next year. I started saving seeds as a lark, but I've learned that my own seeds are more viable than those you buy. Earlier, I did the same with a yellow squash, and let it grow so big and hard that I had to cut it open with an a hatchet.

With tomato seeds you have to let the seeds ferment in order to be viable. The fermentation simulates the natural rotting of the tomato fruit.

With onions, the plant flowers only in the second year, so I'll plant a few bulbs from this year in the fall, and they will be my seed onions the next year.