Grow fabulous food and flowers from seeds, then save seeds to make next years garden even better. Creating dinner from food youve grown provides a fantastic sense of accomplishment. Now, imagine the pleasure of starting plants from seeds, tending them, planting them in your garden, harvesting their fruits, and enjoying a delicious meal or bouquet. But thats not the end of the journey. Now you can turn around and save the best seeds for next years garden. Suddenly, youre self-sufficient; youve grown your own garden from seed to seed. In this book, youll find the tools you need to become a seed starting and saving champion. Author and gardening expert Julie Thompson-Adolf walks you through every step of the journey, making the entire process a joy. Youll find hints to encourage stubborn seeds to germinate, lists of varieties to add to your garden, charts for quick growing reference, and simple DIY projects to aid your seed starting and saving adventure. (Learn how to make seed bombs and an indoor seed-starting station.) The extensive plant entries inside cover all the most popular vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers. Get started with tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and melons, or chamomile, cosmos, sweet peas, and poppies--accompanied by beautiful photography from Libby Williams. Whether youre an experienced gardener new to seed starting and saving or a brand-new grower, youll soon have healthy, productive, beautiful plants for your garden.About author(s):Julie Thompson-Adolf is an obsessive organic gardener, nature nut, ecoadventurer, animal advocate, and seed lover. As an experienced gardener and garden writer, Julie is best known for her brand and blog, Garden Delights. She practices a seed-to-table-to-seed approach, starting her plants from seeds, creating delicious meals and beautiful bouquets from the harvest, and saving seeds to plant in next years garden. Julies suburban microfarm is a regular site for tours and teaching. Shes a Master Gardener, has served on the National Garden Bureaus Plant Nerds team, and joined with P. Allen Smith for Garden2Blog. Julies a member of Garden Writers Association, Slow Food, Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, and many other environmental and gardening groups. You can follow her garden, environmental, and travel writing on any of the major social media platforms: Blog: Garden Delights (juliesgardendelights.com) Facebook: Garden Delights Twitter: @garden_delights Instagram: @juliesgardendelights Google: Julie Adolf