Free Seed!

Now the Basil has dried out pretty well - time to get serious and score some seed! As well as free up some space in the garden for some other goodies.

You know the time is right when there are a good number of the dead seed heads on the bush.

Now this is the tried and tested way that I collect it, feel free to give feedback on improvements.

All I do is get a bucket (put some gloves on if you like) place your hand below the seed head and draw it up to rake the seeds off the stalk.

Then throw this handful of seed pods and stick and stuff into the bucket. Actually, this process can be applied to most plants.

Then shake the bucket around good, a bit up and down as well, roughly take out the lighter bits resting on top like leaf and stick. Do this a few more times, occasionally rubbing between palms.

Then start tipping from one bucket to the other and crouching down, blow a breath of air through the stream of seed as it falls to the bottom bucket (it is best doing this when there is a slight breeze blowing). Do this a bunch of times - the more you do it the cleaner batch of seed you will have.

When you do this think “Africans sorting out their wheat crop” you will feel the brother hood J Well it makes me feel good!

Trust me you will feel the wealth after doing this when you see all the seed you have. Now make sure you plant some straight into your garden, or give some to your neighbour!

There would have been heaps of seed fall into the garden throughout the process anyway.. Happy seed collecting!