The Amish showed me this Seed Saving Trick and IT WORKS!

Saving seeds is a big part of food security and the Amish showed us how to save tomato seeds for the next growing season and it works perfect!

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In 2010 we decided to sell everything and build a log cabin on 11 acres. We have lived in the log cabin for a decade now with no solar power or wind power plus zero public utilities. We live like the pioneers except in the 21st century. We post videos on social media to encourage people to return to the land and make a living with your family. We teach folks:
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[robertfiorito]

My grandmother would cut the tomato in half and squeeze out the seed straight on the ground outside. Come spring she had all of the tomato starts she needed for the year. The seed survived the cold winters in NY and always gave her a fresh crop of tomatoes the following year

[davehendricks]

I take a sheet of paper towel. Mark it with a marker as to what kind of tomato I’m saving. Squeeze the seeds onto the towel. Spread them out. When dry I fold it. Put it in a ziplock and store in the freezer. Come spring I tear off a piece of paper towel with a seed and put it in a pot. Works everytime.

[toddcofer]

Thank yall for being the wonderful people that you are.
I DO NOT WANT TO BE A SLAVE!

[PhilippinesFarmLife]

I am a former Pennsylvania resident where I learned my gardening methods from Amish friends. I live now in the Philippines where I grow 100% of my crops from SAVED SEEDS. My most valuable possession is my 100+ glass jars of Vegetable & Flower seeds. Thanks to Doug & Stacy for sharing this important video.

[thehealinghomesteadkc]

I had an abundance of cherry tomatoes one year and couldn’t get to harvesting them all before a few dropped and started composting. Next year I planted tomatoes in a different spot and they STRUGGLED. But then all the sudden those old tomatoes seeds from the area I had the tomatoes the year before sprouted up and were stronger and had twice the harvest than the year before! God taught me a lesson in that. When you sow a portion from the harvest He’s given you, He will blessed it. Love God math!

[clairequinn]

When I was a child I pooped in buckets and bushes and outhouses. That was bad enough but looking at life today I think back. I'm now 74 yrs old and thank God for every blessings he showed and gave me

[TwigandFeather]

“We poop in buckets and we are the ungovernable.” That should be on a shirt. You made me laugh out loud!😂

[WhatDadIsUpTo]

I like to think of the Holy Bible as an owner's manual. Just like the owner's manual that came with your car and lives in the glove box, the Bible is full of essential things you need to do to keep yourself on track. I also consider myself a spirit living in a body or, in my case, I think of my body as a rental car and it just carries me from here to there. Anyway the owner's manual has all the information necessary for an abundant life no matter what your circumstance. The trick is, you have to apply it whether or not you understand it.

[helengabr]

Lovely to meet you. I am British and live with my Egyptian husband on a desert farm. Luckily we have our own well. Working towards self-sufficiency 😊. I am the green fingered one and currently collecting seeds so we never have to buy any. 😅 Every day i thank the Lord for his provision and this beautiful life 🙏 💕

[sshaw]

I’ve been a seed saver for decades. This year my seeds were 11 years old, harvested, dried and saved. Over 50 plants came up, and now I have thousands of tomatoes. Oh my.

[dawnaper]

PRAISE GOD FOR HIS MERCY, BLESSINGS, LOVE, AND GRACE!🙏🏻✝️♥️

[TexasSandyJ]

" And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after its kind; and God saw that it was good. " (Tanakh )
God bless Doug and Stacy 😇🙏💕🇺🇲

[The-Vintage-Needlecrafter]

Hi guys, I had an awesome day yesterday. Father Yah blessed us so wonderful. We got 14 bags of peaches 🍑 from one tree. All tucked in the freezer now.😊🍑🌻🌼🐑

[auntiepam]

I get such peace in my heart when I listen to you talk about the Father and His plans for us.
A very good video.

[catfunksfabulousfinds]

In 2002 I had over 150 tomato plants come up volunteer. I had about 120 in 2023.
They froze, they got snowed on and when it warmed up they grew.
I had been in a bad car accident and didn't have money to buy plants, so I was very happily surprised & grateful to the Lord for a wonderful bounty.
I just left them out in the garden, never cut them or dried them or anything.
They grew on their own in the decomposing wood chips.
Brandy wine is my favorite tomato.
I only grow heirloom.
I've grown organically since before it was cool.😊❤😊

[trudymccann]

I was raised saving seeds, bulbs, rhizomes, corn, etc. This was a mile high in Colorado, so the saved seeds, bulbs, roots, were put in packets, egg cartons, or a bucket with dirt surrounding them to keep them alive through the Winter. You learn a lot doing this. Especially flowers like Gladiolas which have a bulb, and a new bulb comes on top, you have to take the old dried bulb off after it has nourished the new bulb. Knowing when to prune plants is equally important. You can kill your plant doing it wrong and at the wrong time or season. Good information Doug & Stacy, we never did the tomatoes that way, I like the idea of it! My Mother would take an empty 1/2 gallon Milk container from the store, take off one side of the Length. Lay it sideways, fill it with dirt, poke little holes and drop a seed into it. She would water it and set them in the Southern windows of the house to sprout. At night She would either cover them or move them in from the window sill for more warmth. She started tomatoes, cucumbers, Peppers, etc. Peas, Potatoes, & Jerusleam Artichokes we started on St. Paricks day in the ground, in a hill of dirt, cover it with straw to protect from the Cold at night and late winter/early spring Snows. It was fun to find which ones came up first!
Recyle, restore, reuse, and repurpose was also engendered here. We never wasted a Thing!

[justmepraying]

I live in a very small town in SW Virginia and the town was going to start taxing us on our gardens. I have to say just about the whole town showed up to the meeting and they changed their minds fast. I hate politics but sometimes you have to take a stand and be heard or get ran over 🤷‍♀️

[elizabethtovar]

As a tomato goes bad in my kitchen or grows seedlings in the tomato 🍅 🌱 on my counter, I throw it in whatever pot is closest on the patio.
Come spring I have thousands of seedlings 🌱. I can’t give them away fast enough.
My grandparents, Native American and Romany, would eat something, throw the seed in the yard and it grew into huge trees.
The local grocery stores bought the harvests from my grandparents.
No one planted or weeded or tended. We just threw seeds in the yard and they grew.
Even though we had a lot of land, we didn’t farm the land. I would say we foraged our land. But, wow, we had a lot of food!
Now, I live in a tiny manufactured home with a patio. No land. Without planting, I accidentally grow:

- Juniper berries 🌲 🫐 (here when I got here)
- oranges 🍊 (here when I got here. I’m in AZ, they’re everywhere)
- prickly pear 🍐 🌵 (invasive and delicious)
- cactus 🌵 (we eat it here)
- sunflower seeds 🌻 (saved from being dead in the garbage)
- tomatoes 🍅
- yarrow 🪴 (dead plant from grocery store garbage)
- jalapeño 🌶
- mint 🌱
- potatoes 🥔 (my thanksgiving bag of potatoes turned into slips in the kitchen and they’re growing out of my ears 👂)
- Jasmine 🌱
- Carrot 🥕 tops that kept growing, so I keep them for seeds.
- wildflowers 💐
- cloves (dead plants I took from the grocery store garbage)
- aloe 🌱 (it’s a weed here)
- garlic 🧄 (grew on my bookshelf when I forgot I set it there)
- lettuce 🥬 (from the grocery store. The same head of lettuce just keeps growing. 2 years)
- sweet potato 🍠 (went bad on the counter)
- so much more...
God created food to multiply. I only have a patio and I have food and medicine and essential oils and natural remedies. All without intentionally planting a thing. I keep trying to not have a garden 🪴, so I can fix up my house and move to a farm. Isn’t working... I have a garden anyway 😊

[blazrbabe]

I pulled the guts from the tomato and put them in the freezer. After Christmas I put them in potting soil in either a milk jug or a wicking barrel and covered with a milk jug. They all came up in abundance! The winter milk jug sowing is the bomb.

[jonathanellis]

I definitely agree with you on your local heirloom seeds. I have the honor to grow tomatoes that were grown by my friends grandparents for 50 years and saved every year. They have passed on, but I continue to grow and share their amazing tomatoes. This year they were my first tomatoes to ripen and are still going strong. I first learned this method from a mushroom farmer