More seed saving for next season at the weekend, this time cucumbers. The process is much the same as for tomatoes: cut the fruit in half, scoop the seeds out into a jar of water and give them a day or three to fester. Ideally the cucumbers need to be “overripe” (ie. going yellowy-brown) and several changes of water may be required because it can get pretty murky.
After three days pour off the water and anything that floats and tip the remaining seeds out to dry.
For bonus points, feed the rest of the cucumber (which will quite possibly be somewhat squidgy at this point) to the chickens. Ours absolutely love them.