A link to some pretty good info on seed saving can be found in our 1/13/2012 thread: Weekly Gardening Thread (Seeds) Vol. 2, January 13, 2012, and the thread itself may contain info from other members.
I'd be happy to do a thread devoted to the subject in the future. Don't ever hesitate to make requests on anything that would be of interest ... your feedback is very much appreciated!
What would be the one book you would recommend for a beginner gardener? I really want to start “prepping” but my husband hasn’t bought into the idea totally(not that he doesn’t believe there may be a need but he’s just overwhelmed at the thought), so I want to at least get some beginning gardening skills.
The two things I would be trying to do are 1)hopefully all heirloom seeds and 2) organic. I want to learn to do this self sustaining with as little outside aids as possible, and also with the lowest overhead.(I will have to buy some compost, etc to improve the soil). My garden will be very tiny, probably just scattered in several areas in our small yard. I’ve promised myself not to run up a huge bill as I want to start small and prove to myself I can do it before launching in a bigger way.