Gardening: Saving Seeds

This is a little late for more northern climes, but here in SoCal these tips, from the extension program of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, for saving seeds from flowers and vegetable plants for preservation and future planting comes at just the right time. The essay describes hybrid and heirloom varieties of plants, when to harvest the seed, saving seed from fleshy fruits (tomatoes, melons...anything that can get squishy), and storage. <http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/hortihints/0008c.html>