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Quitting Your Job to Farm Seeds For a Living? 🌱

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My friend Brijette used to be a green interior designer, making beautiful living walls. Not anymore. Now she farms for seeds in her own backyard in San Diego, CA and sells them to local farmers, gardeners, and on the internet.
She's one of, if not THE only certified organic local seed producer in the United States.
Saving seeds and creating new varieties that are adapted to local microclimates is vital in our changing climate. I think you're going to see a lot more "Brijettes" in the future...and she's leading the way.
In today's episode, I visit Brijette and we walk through the process of harvesting eggplants for seed, processing them, drying them, and grading them for quality. You'll learn how Brijette got started, but also super-interesting info about how the seeds you buy at the garden center actually get into those packets. We also talk a bit about heirloom seeds and how to save them.
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@epicgardening 5 лет назад

TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 1:58 - Black Beauty Eggplants 3:40 - Harvesting Seed Eggplants 7:53 - Getting Seeds Out of Eggplants 13:50 - Grading Dried Eggplant Seeds 19:34 - Using the Aspirator to Clean Seeds 23:05 - Outro

@johnchase4408 5 лет назад

How is this profitable? 1/4 Acre only and she is going to sit and pick every seed then package them and sell them. Doesn't make sense. Maybe doing this for your own replanting or if you had hundreds of acres and a lot of employees.

@johnchase4408 5 лет назад

I just Googled San Diego Seed Company and they have a Milwaukee Wisconsin phone number.

@johnchase4408 5 лет назад

I give her a ton of credit. That's a helluva lot if work.

@PlantsaremyTherapy 5 лет назад

Wow! You're a very efficient and organized person.

@nekomancer9157 4 года назад

take all the separated non seeds and weak seeds and package/sell them as a green manure blend. every cent counts.

@dianeblack6866 4 года назад

this video is very encouraging to know that some producers are sincere about their products..integrity sells.

@Thankful_. 4 года назад

Diane Black I agree! I smiled so much while watching this. 🌱

@dianeblack6866 4 года назад

@@Thankful_. ..absolutely.

@svetlanikolova7673 4 года назад

SEED SAVING SHOULD BE A COMMON PRACTICE!

@lindanwfirefighter4973 4 года назад

I’m guessing it will soon be illegal to collect and save seeds. Just as it is in many places to have a garden.

@slumpedguy9382 4 года назад

Linda NWFirefighter ur dumb why would it be Illegal to have a garden if you can grow weed legal in some states

@paladinsmith7050 4 года назад

@@slumpedguy9382 She's right everyone's freedoms are being taken away in the west, open your eyes. All forms of self sustainability will be gone eventually. All food will be GMO and lab grown meat.

@slumpedguy9382 4 года назад

Paladin Smith even if it does become illegal I’m still gonna grow my own food. How the frik are they gonna stop me so Many people grow weed illegally they aint gonna stop me bro.

@paladinsmith7050 4 года назад

@@slumpedguy9382 Same here mate i agree, if everyone was to do it they can't arrest us all. Just a heads up though as they want us on our knees reliant on them.

@MM-le9en 4 года назад

Amazing video, I used to watch my grandparents doing this with the winds in the high andes of Perú when i was a kid and they were keeping their seeds for barley, potatoes, corn, quinoa, wheat, faba beans, etc in their little room basement, they were also use as money between all the farmers to trade others seeds or get help to harvest or exchange for cheese, milk or meat between them like the Inca civilization used to do it. Thank you for this video!!

@sassygil6675 4 года назад

Interesting! I've been telling my husband that if the SHTF money will not be the currency, but Seeds, canned foods, gardening, trade/technical skills are what would be needed.

@natalie526 4 года назад

thank you for sharing!

@sophie511 3 года назад

Lovely to hear about this, thanks so much

@saritapatil1788 3 года назад

That is amazing..

@marisamender 3 года назад

This was really interesting! I would have loved to learned more about the “quitting your job to grow seed” part of their story, too!

@ardenpeters4386 2 года назад

Bidjette taught classes to Walter Anderson nursery. great teacher

@shawnacpht 4 года назад

This video made me so happy! I'm starting a seed business ,for my community, and I love how willing the other seed businesses are to share trade secrets! It put me at ease.

@everythingallin4905 4 года назад

Well unless you are talking about elite marijuana genetics they are not really worth any money.

@catherinegrace2366 3 года назад

What a fantastic idea! Good job!

@SimoneVPoise 3 года назад

That's what I love about the plant / green community. People love sharing info

@tyrehester5550 4 года назад

We saved seeds each year when growing up in west Georgia. I remember we put beans in an old sack or pillow case and hung it up to dry inside the house. No air conditioning in those days but we had box fans.👍 Thanks.

@martysgarden 5 лет назад

Nice one guys, I sell seeds too here in Australia. Main reason is because it's hard to get good organic seeds. Australia is about to start treating all organic seeds for bio security reasons. Great to see your taking control of your seeds locally, so much in this,,a real science as you know. Love the vids,,,thanks so much Marty Ware

@epicgardening 5 лет назад

This is awesome Marty, didn't know that Australia was going to do that. Good on you for taking some control

@martysgarden 5 лет назад

@@epicgardening I am a way off yet getting to the stage here seen on this farm, but plan to get there eventually..so much to learn...loved the video,,helps me see that it's really possible. Cheers Marty

@epicgardening 5 лет назад

let me know what other types of seed saving related videos you'd like to see Marty

@user-re7eu9hq6r 4 года назад

Creating a manipulative disaster from a healthy viable seed! People have to know where their food comes from!

@campbellbamble5138 4 года назад

But you're happy to use amazon, hmmmm so Greenpatch - Eden - Phoenix - greenharvest et al are all bad but you're a good'en, even though you are happy to use a company that does everything in its power to destroy local economies no worries mate... Love the honesty

@lovelyzza3694 4 года назад

Im a believer of seed-saving! Increasing adaptability of plant 💜

@thomassiegfried5409 3 года назад

Yes the seed is storing that years information to raise survivability in future years. Epigenetics and terroir...

@rai55 3 года назад

One year later I am SOOO grateful for this video!! I just used the water method to filter down my radish seeds. I’m sooo excited to try this method with other seeds as well. THANK YOU! 🙏🏾🌱💫

@bradjohnston8687 Год назад

Radish seeds are like lettuce seeds where you can dry in pod, crumble them is a bin with hands & then blow out the chaff by dumping from one bin to another & use the wind or your lungs.

@artclasswithdeanna829 3 года назад

Harvesting seeds is quite a bit more involved than I thought. I happily lay down my money and support my local seed companies! Thanks for such a fun video!

@lovelyzza3694 4 года назад

I love how you collaborate with people, who have authority in gardening..Super love this and your vid feat Charles Dowding 😍😍

@lynniki 4 года назад

My family plans on going off grid and I'm trying to find everything that would help us and this is great.

@guilly8887 3 года назад

This is by far one of your top 2 videos you've ever done! Thank you for this. Such a wealth of information and so inspirational!!! I find it so refreshing that you feature others on your channel!! Love love love!

@bijoubug6535 5 лет назад

I'm located in San Diego too and buy from San Diego Seed Company all the time - I took a class from Brijette @San Diego Seed Company at Cuyamaca College with my husband. She is full of knowledge. Thank you so much for sharing, hope to tour her garden some day ;o)

@epicgardening 5 лет назад

She does tours once a month, I think! Thanks for tuning in

@ardenpeters4386 2 года назад

and who you see here is who she is. cool person

@fernandgamboa2848 4 года назад

I love 💟 how Brijette radiates this beautiful aura , and very knowledgeable and passionate about what she does

@Kievlar 2 месяца назад

I love her! Her personality and passion is showing from start to finish. ❤

@weedfreer 3 года назад

I love how forthright this lady is 😀

@claireisacamel 4 года назад

Love the regionally adapted note. Fairly crucial so you’re not growing a northern adapted plant in the hot humid South

@debbietampasheher3682 3 года назад

This was cool to see all the work going into the seed packet :) Thank you!

@applesomething 4 года назад

The clipper machine is so cool!

@applesomething 4 года назад

Wait, the aspirator is even cooler!

@Harghlandr 3 года назад

holy crap!!!!! regionally adapted genetics cannot be overstated enough. absolutely beautiful! inspiring!!!

@NPCVenture 4 года назад

12:43 "Always want to be careful at the end to not blow your load". Lol she gets it.

@debbiehenri345 4 года назад

This particular year (in Britain at least), due to Covid-19 vegetable seeds became rather scarce because a lot more people decided to turn to gardening during lockdown. I think a lot of us classed as high-risk suddenly found something quite repellent about 'someone else' harvesting your fresh produce, just waiting to hear of an outbreak of Covid-19 among field workers. Thus, a lot of seed varieties sold out really fast, especially all the easier, beginner types like radishes, lettuce and beetroot. In fact, it was as well my neighbour decided to grow some of her own plants too, because we each couldn't find different things and were able to swap. I also found there were still some unusual vegetable seeds available, those not found in your everyday supermarkets. I trialled some Japanese vegetable seeds this year, and these have worked well in Scotland. That's been interesting, discovering new flavours. I'm already an ex-professional gardener and do save some seeds annually. Really stepping up my 'saving' this year, considering many more varieties. I have several vegetables in the flowering and pod stage right now. I certainly don't have the machinery your friend has, and Scotland is a very humid place, but I do have 3 dehumidifiers around the home, and hanging seeds in fine mesh bags above one dehumidifier for a couple of days does the trick for the varieties I have stored so far.

@ChallengeTheNarrative 5 лет назад

Those old machines are gorgeous. Old tech is amazingly productive. I worked voluntarily on a veg farm and separation of spuds from soil was amazing!

@epicgardening 5 лет назад

Old tech is so fun to use!

@ChallengeTheNarrative 5 лет назад

@@epicgardening absolutely. Elegant and simple. Us young folk can learn a lot. Most importantly carry it on... hopefully

@cathyreid8346 4 года назад

Very interesting! I had no idea how labor intensive it is to process seeds. She definitely is passionate about her company and growing community. 😊

@twolvefan8 5 лет назад

That is a lot of equipment! More detailed process than I would have imagined. Thanks for posting! Hello from San Luis Obispo, CA (a few hours north)

@epicgardening 5 лет назад

Hello neighbor!

@bioswars8827 4 года назад

Praise our Creator, for inspiring this lovely person into protecting our future seeds. May she continue to teach anyone that wants know about seeds, and may her endeavors flourish, like the seeds.

@sishrac 3 года назад

Amen!

@truenorth5787 4 года назад

Impressive. Very inspiring. It just so happens last week I let a bitter gourd go to seed, ripe orange red, and harvested total of six good seeds. But that's good enough for me. It'll give me likely four vines that'll yield if not more at least 20 fruits each. Thank you for a wonderful presentation.

@AngieMeadKing 3 года назад

Great information, thank you!

@analiliachavez7772 4 года назад

Hello from Visalia, CA starting my own little garden, I'm happy to have run into this video.

@marydoyle1862 3 года назад

Learnt so much from this video and really pleased my local public library in Western Australia is doing a seed/cutting swap day.

@StarseedGirl818 4 года назад

Very amazing !! Didn’t know they are local to me. Power to you and your business and hopes that Monsanto doesn’t try to destroy any of your hard work

@annCRP 4 года назад

B, I have been a follower as you know. Last night I saw this video while I was perusing utube and loved how you showed the process of waiting for seeds to be ripe, harvesting, processing, packaging, .. the best your still very excited about educating!

@olgamunroe1408 4 года назад

So wonderful to see youg people making a difference. I sell seedlings and as my business grows, this would be my next step. Thank you so much for sharing. Keep these videos coming❤ Learning tons!

@KarlLew 4 года назад

Thank you for introducing me to SanDiegoSeedCompany. I love this approach and will buy seed here to perk up my own local stock for hardiness and pest resistance.

@locusttreegarden1560 3 года назад

She is incredible, her idea is wonderful, and is a really big surprize she is the only certified organic seed producer in the US...that is incredible

@FatalLightAwareness Год назад

She said URBAN organic seed farm.

@postwarblues 3 года назад

This person was what the difference is between The genuine article and what a poser is. The way that she communicated made it so easy to learn. And it was a pleasure to listen to her and know she knew exactly what she was teaching. Now I want to learn more. Yep. Genuine article.

@drewblack749 4 года назад

Well done. You two made an interesting interview. It helps me know the process better. Thank you.

@flowergrowersmith449 5 лет назад

Yep - not only is home saved seed adapted to your own microclimate, but you know the seed is FRESH - which is an issue when you buy in seed. I always have a bed or two set aside just for seed production - they're not cropped at all (except for seed). I loved this video - wonderful! I'd be happy to buy seed from Brijette, but I'm in Australia..

@epicgardening 5 лет назад

Great point - that freshness factor is a big thing! Thanks for watching :)

@allthingsmaloney5634 4 года назад

this is so intense lol did not expect so many steps!! Can't wait to buy my seeds next spring ^_^

@bernieg.5698 2 года назад

This is so FASCINATING! I have so much more appreciation for local (organic) seed growers

@DianneFincham 4 года назад

Amazing! I've been collecting my own seeds and growing them for years, but only for my family. Although I do share seeds with others, along with some of the plants as they grow. I found this video very interesting and informative. I live in Cornwall, UK

@forageforage3520 5 лет назад

It's a total classic..That was awesome! What a great interview.

@epicgardening 5 лет назад

Oh yeah?

@carmelitasabugo 3 года назад

That was great to see! Very interesting. I save a few seeds from tomatoes that I eat. Never thought about what it takes to actually save seed from other plants etc. THANK YOU BOTH!

@littlebolivian 5 лет назад

I am so glad I bought their seeds. Very awesome story!

@epicgardening 5 лет назад

That's cool! Glad you enjoyed

@movednorthhomestead7244 3 года назад

This was very fun and interesting to watch!! Thanks for the tour!

@bingejunkie1075 3 года назад

She's so cool and provides so much information.

@barryallen4279 2 года назад

Okay, this video is so awesome. It is difficult NOT to get knocked out of character a bit when a pretty girl says: "You just want to be careful at the end not to... blow your load." Kevin's chuckle said it all.

@patzijlstra6676 4 года назад

we do the same but not for a living;we collect Frisian sorts of beans,carrots,onions,grains,potatoes and othes sorts that have a connection with Frisian culture;we sell them in shops in order to cover the costs but is is a heavy job!very good for you to do this and a lot of people see the necessity of this way of collecting!have a good life and keep save and sound!

@remmie143 3 года назад

Great editing! Your channel has been beyond helpful, thanks.

@SDMARYLOU 5 лет назад

Really enjoyed seeing the whole process. I’m just a novice gardener but I watch a lot of these farm videos and they never fully explain how they get to the final product. Thanks!

@epicgardening 5 лет назад

Thank you! I wanted to show the entire process to build respect for seed farmers and the process they go through...it's a lot of work!

@Loriejean54 3 года назад

Absolutely fascinating. I bought San Diego Seed Company seeds for the first time this year! Sunset zone 23, South Bonsall

@1969Kakashi 4 года назад

I never even knew this was a thing....Amazing and very informative. She knows her business well.

@Coconutoilcrazy 4 года назад

This was a nice change from gardening videos, seeing where seeds come from. Very enjoyable, I will look for a local grower here in OHio,

@oldbootz 4 года назад

I love the idea of continuing traditional selective breeding for micro climates and I wish Brijette and her company the best of luck for the future.

@somethingbeautiful2212 4 года назад

This is awesome! Thank you for the great information!! So inspiring 🙂

@SeattlePioneer Год назад

I started a little back yard gardening eight or ten years ago, grow carrots, corn lettuce and such. I decided that the only crop worthwhile for me was lettuce. It was nice to be able to go in the backyard and pick lettuce fresh for salads. I only bought one package of lettuce seed, and I've been saving seed ever since. I have PLENTY! This year I'm going to experiment with milk jug gardening to start lettuce plants early and see how that works. Also, I plan to sew new plants every couple of weeks so that when they bolt and start to go to seed, I'll have new plants to pick. I live in urban Seattle, but use zero citiwater ---I save water, not just seeds. The garden uses more water than I do! What's the point of throwing rainwater away and then buying more water? It saves a few bucks, but I mainly don't like waste. I call it a hobby. Everybody needs a hobby, right?

@susieclark1498 3 года назад

I just purchased lots of your seeds at Green Thumb in San Marcos. Excited!!!

@mirandap8869 4 года назад

I just started saving heirlooms this year! Can't wait until next spring to see how I did 🤞 Very cool seed company!

@gardenextra7415 4 года назад

Loved that video, so educational. I try every year to do a little more of my own seed saving. Actually trying out a new miniature watermelon seed today. Windowsill drying. I put some directly in the garden last week and so far I haven't seen anything.

@smokeydabsbuds8614 4 года назад

The byproduct the ground up pulp from most plants can be fermented and extracted to be used as a natural nutrient for plants. Her compost pile is probably so awesome and diverse

@JasonNoto 4 года назад

Was just considering saving as much seed as possible from the garden last night, looking forward to watching/learning and doing what I can

@borracho-joe7255 3 года назад

Very cool video. She has so much enthusiasm!

@doralevitt2879 4 года назад

I've just subscribed and have been kind of binge watching your videos and learning so much! I'm in NYC and just live in a room so I can only grow stuff on my window sill but I get the sun from about noon till sunset- and it gets hot enough where you can cook a turkey in the window! Lol!! I'd love to check out her company and get some good quality seeds- thank you so much for all you share with us! 😍🤗💗🌷

@DJ-pq7wz 4 года назад

This was so awesome!! When I move back to California, I’ll be buying my seeds here ✅

@melanieallen8980 2 года назад

very interesting video!! Thankyou!!!most of my vegies, I grew this year were mostly just for seed..& compost....I thought I was wierd, but now I have learnt even more...BEST video!!

@maile-annasantossubtostude171 4 года назад

Such an awesome Episode! Really enjoyed being behind the scenes!

@carolsmith7951 4 года назад

Fascinating process, thanks so much for showing us so many of the steps and explaining each so well. Would be good for kids to see something like this to see how seeds are processed.

@TheADIN212 3 года назад

That girl's a gem ! Love to see that much passion

@miningmonkey760 3 года назад

Wow super cool thanks for sharing this video,learned a lot and was inspiring to say the least.

@dangolfishin 4 года назад

I didn't notice any isolating of flowers. Possibly because everything was beyond the pollination stage. If you produce open pollinated seeds, the offspring will be a crap shoot. That's one of the major drawbacks of producing seed for the market.

@karenm5681 Год назад

Thanks for sharing! I enjoyed watching and learning.😊

@tracylawrence1613 4 года назад

There are local organic seeds farmers all over the. Southeast. I worked for one in Little Mountain sc. Rodger Winn grew for local sale and supplied snow true seed, Baker creek, and Southern seed exchange.

@katseyeview9354 3 года назад

i grow to eat. i have saved my seeds each season, for decades. i pick the first ripe fruit from everything to save the seeds. would love to grow to sell seeds.

@merrym7174 3 года назад

Awesome video. Thank you for making this! Loved it! I learned a lot about seeds today! Fascinating! I had no idea there was so much to know! So cool that you have the only organic seed farm in America! That's AMAZING!*. I will definitely forward this to someone who loves plants and wants to learn more! Thanks again! 💚

@FatalLightAwareness Год назад

Urban organic seed farm!

@jamesshelburn5825 3 года назад

I am saving seeds from grocery stores American products the imports are supposedly radiated at customs. Tomatoe seeds all sink while pepper seeds predominantly floated. Cherries can be opened using needle nosed pliers the cutting hole is perfectly sized to crack pits.. The peach and apricot I used lineman pliers and channel lock pliers. They have a second layer that has to be soaked for days a week until it shrivels up and you can pull it off then germination takes a few more weeks. Straight from the fruit may be a hybrid its just fascinating attempt to grow bonsai with pink blooms?

@exceptionaltalentspc4954 4 года назад

Those seeds are worth every penny!! Amazing long process to get seeds into those packages!!

@nofapSally 2 года назад

Really interesting video with some very valuable information. Never imagined a food processor would be a part of the process. 💓

@salinafox3651 3 года назад

This is amazing! I'm so impressed!!

@sishrac 3 года назад

This is fantastic! Thank you EG for this valuable episode.

@greatprovider8198 4 года назад

Thanks for the interesting tour. I love the old time machinery.

@dehaakbaak3511 Год назад

Very cool to watch!I need to start saving my own seeds next season.

@Donnyboy8 4 года назад

I like her - Great energy and personality

@ucsolutionsgivingmore 5 лет назад

I found you from our channel. Thank you very much for putting out this video, I really enjoy gardening for many years. I heard from someone else that money doesn't grow trees, BUT it really does, along with plants. Plus its money you can eat. looking forward to more videos. All the best, Paul

@epicgardening 5 лет назад

Thanks for stopping by Paul! Money indeed does grow on trees

@jennygalvin7867 2 года назад

Love this. I save my seeds from my garden. Love the machines

@TheowlFreedompharms 4 года назад

Such a cool Video!! Thanks Kevin and Brijette! Now I know how all the seeds I get from Etsy are done! And how to collect my own seeds more efficiently 🌳✌😁🌳

@aruproychoudhury2847 3 года назад

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing! 😄

@megankavand3140 3 года назад

Love, love, LOVE San Diego Seed co. Such a great video!

@rutyael18 4 года назад

I learnt a lot. Don't leave in San Diego. My garden currently is a table top. All my rocket and pak choi flowered so will soon aeed and i will harvest them. Seeds are amazing.

@SimoneVPoise 3 года назад

It is always good to save some seeds of your crops. If the batch you planted rots away or doesn't do well you will always have a spare batch.

@hunterusa4039 4 года назад

Very cool! Bob's Adventures here hailing from Idaho

@nestorpadilla4668 4 года назад

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@lindanwfirefighter4973 4 года назад

A neighbour here where I live went from a small market garden that earned her a few $1000 a year to a selling seeds off the same sized garden which earned her $10,000s a year. She too quit her main job.