Get into heirloom seeds. I’m saving an heirloom green bean, okra, pumpkin, butterbean, cowpea & watermelon variety. The old man I got them from was on one of his last years gardening. They would’ve died out if someone hadn’t carried them on. Best thing is, they’re suited to my climate cause they’ve been genetically selected for hundreds of years from other folks in my area who were also carrying them on to the next generation.
Most of these were pre-civil war seeds
I have a large bag of seeds I collected before I went carnivore. They're probably 6+ years old now I'd wager most are no longer viable.
If you're not growing annuals each year & refreshing the seeds, they tend to become useless.
I don't eat most vegetables now so it's not a huge loss for me. The good thing about the genetics I connect now is that they're stored living perennial plants. As long as the plant survives, so do the genetics.
As I was driving back from the markets I couldn't help but draw similarities between genetics & information. We can share genetics with others infinitely. Like sharing ideas & information, it comes at very little cost.
Information is matter and energy… in formation.
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