The summer in the Blue Mountains is slowly transitioning into a full classic Autumn feel – with cool nights and clear warm sunny days. The seeds from the summer are starting to dry off and it’s time to collect and process them for storing for next year. Many of the Basils and related plants as shown in the photos are now ready to harvest. And the tubers like potatoes are also ready to lift and try out for taste – you can see here a variety of Potato diploid and tetraploid species and varieties that have just been dug up along some Sunchoke tubers ready to pickle and ferment. The many different types of squash are coming to mature size now as the days grow longer and they ripen in the sun. You can see two more uncommon types here being the Japanese heirloom ‘Shishigatani’ hour glass shaped pumpkin and the traditional NZ Maori ‘Kamo Kamo’. This upcoming meeting we will be focussed on the practical aspects of seed saving including techniques for harvesting, filtering/sieving and cleaning seeds along with packing and storage – and labelling. And as usual we will spend some time talking about the current seasonal planting and harvesting and swapping/packing seeds and swapping seedlings and cuttings between members.

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It’s that time again!
This is just a quick reminder that the meeting for April 2026 of the Mid Blue Mountains SeedSavers is on at the Bullaburra Progress Hall this weekend.

Sunday 12 April 2026 from 10 am till Midday

Help celebrate the Blue Mountains Autumn!

This meeting will be focussed on the practical aspects of seed saving including harvesting, filtering/sieving and cleaning seeds along with packing and storage.

Bring your plant material and seeds from this current season and we will discuss how to process them.

Come along and talk about growing things with like minded people.
Hope to see you there celebrating the current productive growing season!

The address for the Mid Blue Mountains Seedsavers website is:
https://midbluemountainsseedsavers.org/

We do now have a Facebook page as well:
https://www.facebook.com/Mid-Blue-Mountains-Seed-Savers-1629533990602860/

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