It seems I am thinking of something here and then people are posting about it right afterwards lately. My little one recently sat down to document the seeds we collected from harvesting them from the garden, purchasing them and collecting them from local seed exchanges. Planning the seeding at more appropriate intervals to plan for the upcoming gardening season is enlightening and a little challenging given our weather in Canada is the same but different.
I must admit I have the privilege of not worrying about the off-season because of the convenient stores and markets. We live in the region of Canada that produced the most food in the whole wide country so it is easy to get complacent. Makes for some fantastic local corn though.
I think you would get a kick out of @gubbatv and her homesteading adventure. Her focus on sustainability and storage is uniquely informative and will definitely help with the off-season strategies and tactics.
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Our growing season, here East Coast, northern US, is similar to Ontario, but slightly longer (we get about 20 more growing days that ONT) We're not the breadbasket, like Alberta, or Midwest US, but, we do OK. Apples, Peaches, Corn, BLueberries, and Cranberries are our most popular crops, as far as Farm grown.
In my notes, I collect data on where the seeds are from: Bought from XXX, Exchange w/ friend XXX, collected my self from previous garden, etc.