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Save seedsPerennial plants are often very generous in the amount of seed which they produce. Plants such as verbascum can produce thousands of seeds each year, and you can sow them to grow more plants for your garden or share them with friends

Growing vegetables from seed can make a limited budget go a long way. Some crops, such as maincrop potatoes and onions are fairly cheap to buy in shops, so growing your own might not save you a lot of money. But runner bean, cherry tomato

this method for sowing seeds saved from your own dahlia plants at the end of the previous season.10cm pot or seed trayMulti-purpose compost Dahlia seedsPlant label and pencilClear polythene bag and rubber band (for pot) or propagator lid (for seed tray

-special, select them and when they are big enough divide the plants to make more of your favouritesMore on collecting and growing from seedGrowing bluebells from seed, with Chris Beardshaw.Monty Don gives advice on sowing sunflower seedsCollecting and saving seeds

, but that would also have been the case with onions grown from sets. The results were superb, and I was surprised at just how large the onions grew from seed.Perhaps the biggest advantage of seeds over sets is the money that can be saved. Taking the variety 'Red

Keep harvesting root veg such as beetroot and carrotsOrder fruit trees and bushes for planting from late autumnFinish picking beans, but leave a few pods to ripen fully to save their seedClear away plants and fading foliage from old cropsPrune back

Keep harvesting root veg such as beetroot and carrotsOrder fruit trees and bushes for planting from late autumnFinish picking beans, but leave a few pods to ripen fully to save their seedClear away plants and fading foliage from old cropsPrune back

.AdamDon't sow seeds too close together as they can be more prone to dying or 'damping off'.More on sowing seedsGrow sweet peas from seedGrowing exotic plants from seed - video advice from Carol KleinSowing seeds outdoorsCollect and save seeds