Grow & Harvest Saffron: The World's Most Expensive Spice

Growing the world’s most expensive spice is easy and feasible in many climates. I’ve had great success with saffron here in NJ, zone 7, and am actually planting more today. I got mine from Tara at She’s Rooted Home: https://shesrootedhome.com

Saffron is grown by way of a corm. I have grown this without issue in one portion of my yard for three seasons. This year I’m planting more in an area with vole activity. I’m making and will be using a cage for protection.

Here's the video time stamps if you're looking for a short cut in this tutorial:
0:00 Introduction to Saffron
1:12 Harvesting saffron
1:32 Growing saffron corms
1:58 Companion planting for saffron
2:45 Making a vole-proof crop cage for saffron ​