Members of our network have written some articles for Sustain magazine on seed saving techniques.  If you missed the magazine items here they are again.

Saving Tomato Seed - from Sustain, Summer 08

Saving Pumpkin Seed - from Sustain, Autumn 08

Some of our members have hunted down information on various vegetable and herb varieties.  Most of this information is available elsewhere on the Internet, we've just collected information we find helpful for our local seed saving efforts.

Capsicum and Chilli Information 

Pumpkin and Squash Information

Carrots

Select the best carrots from your crop and replant into the garden.  Chose a location where they can remain undisturbed. As biennial plants carrots won't flower and set seed until the following growing season. Discard any plants that bolt to seed in the same season they were originally sown from seed as you don't want to select for this trait.

For small amounts of seed, hand pick each umbel as it dries brown. Large amounts of seed can be harvested by cutting entire flowering top as umbels begin to dry. Allow to mature in cool, dry location for an additional 2-3 weeks.