Hi, everybody, it's Joe Lample.

Today's an encore episode, and I've been thinking about this episode a lot over the past

couple of years since it was first recorded, and it's about sewing native flower seeds

in an incredibly easy way.

And to clarify, this is not winter sewing that you probably are already familiar with where you sew the seeds into basically

plastic milk jugs that are cut in half and then you put the lid back over it. This is not that.

Personally, I find it easier, less hands-on, and more in line with how nature works with seed germination

when the time is right. My guest is Heather McCargo.

She's the founder of the Wild Seed Project, and she is an expert at this, as you're about to hear.

But ever since we did this recording, I think back to this conversation because I followed Heather's advice and I had incredible success with very little effort from all the seeds I sewed, and those seedlings are still going strong today.

So I wanted to replay this episode for you to hear in case you missed it the first time, and even if you heard it, it will be a great episode to relisten to.

There's so much information here to be reminded about if nothing else.

But if this is going to be your first time listening, you're really going to enjoy this one.

And I encourage you to put the information that you hear today into practice. And the reason

we're doing this right now is we're coming into that time of year, right after Christmas,

basically, for the next month or so, when that is prime time for easily

sowing native wildflower seeds. And you'll learn all about that in just a minute. But ahead of that,

you need to order those seeds, and this is the perfect time to look through the catalogs and make

those decisions and get those seeds in hand so you can get busy after the holiday rush.

If you like the idea of sewing more of your own seeds and doing it in a very easy way,

with lots of success, you are in for a treat today.

I hope you enjoy.

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