My seed saving obsession started about five years ago. It was a long late summer and warm dry autumn and the first growing season I had been invovled with Blackhill Club Community Garden, I had always grabbed seeds and thrown them down as reflex when I saw them, but this year there was true intention and spotted them everywhere. I collected them from friends gardens and when out and about if I saw them,

I always ended up with seeds in bags and scraps in my pockets. So much so when I was frisked getting into an outdoor event and asked to explain myself as  clear bag was pulled out of my pocket, I didn't even break a smile or a sweat when replying "My wildflower seeds!"

In order to save space and find effective ways of increasing the annual harvest of our crops we have been experimenting with various methods of growing, At Blackhill Club Community Garden we have generally adopted a no dig approach but with potato growing that seemed difficult,

From our first year of growing, in 2017 we had lots of space but no beds and few resources. Verticle growing and using tyres for potato tower growing was one of our very first experiments. We had some success in our very first year and much improved yields in 2018 when our experience helped us better understand the space and method.