I will have a newbie list on the winter sowing and main exchange with plenty of winter sown and direct sown plants that are easy and fun to collect seeds from. Keep your eyes peeled late summer.

Right now, I'm gathering calendula, poppies and nigella.

Congratulations, Taz! Here's a littel advice that I think would be useful. If you research the plant families of the plants you've collected seeds from, it usually helps you find the seeds from plants of the same family. For example, once you've collected seeds from sage, you'll know how to find seeds from salvias, lavender, basil, mints, lamb's ears, etc. The seeds vary in shape, size, and colour very much, but, usually, in the same family, the way the seeds are stored until they are ready are similar to absolutely identical. Good luck and enjoy!