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| sqrl |
Posted - Aug 29 2005 : 10:28:39 AM
Where does everyone buy their seeds? Mail order catalogs, online, at local stores. When I go online to look for seeds, there are so many to choose from it make me nuts. So I go to the nursery around the courner here and buy seeds but they don't have that much to choose from. Except I just got local fava beans that I'm excited to start, their all diffent colors. Just wondering if anyone have any tips for seed shopping or their fav. websites or catalogs.
Blessed Be
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| n/a |
Posted - Sep 07 2005 : 7:34:18 PM
I work at a small nursery in Oregon and this past year we carried our first seed packets. It was a new company and even though their packaging and variety was nice it didn't do as well because our customers didn't recognize the brand. So I put on my thinking cap and realized we needed to carry heirloom seed. The one company that really stood out was seed savers so thats my plan for next spring. They have a great selection of vegetables, flowers and organic seed. Good luck.
P.S. When ordering from a catalog, I have been told to make sure to order from a company that gives you plenty of information about the seed and plant. (Proper growing conditions, sun/shade, germination, etc.)
When I feel spring coming I have to plant or I’ll go crazy! |
| Ahodge |
Posted - Sep 01 2005 : 07:26:58 AM
how are peonies grown from seed? I'd like to find some and see if they will grow here. |
| sqrl |
Posted - Aug 30 2005 : 09:30:15 AM
Both artistic gardens and johnny seeds are great sites, thanks gals. I've contomplating turning my small veggie garden box into an herb garden mostly because we'll be moving sometime in the near future when schools done, I want the garden the last when I'm gone and herbs are much more self relient than veggies. Both these sites have a great herb section and johnnyseeds is almost all organic. Thanks gals, you always find the best advise with these ladies.
Blessed Be
www.sqrlbee.com www.sisterhood.sqrlbee.com
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| Julia |
Posted - Aug 29 2005 : 8:52:35 PM
Thanks for the web site, Robin. I like buying organic seeds but not all catalogs or stores carry them. I just bought some organic carrot seeds at our local hardware store, so that I can put in a winter crop. I have never done winter plantings before, I am excited to see how it goes.
"The gloom of the world is but a shadow; behind it, yet within our reach is joy. Take joy!" Fr.Giovanni |
| Jana |
Posted - Aug 29 2005 : 8:19:17 PM
I've had great luck with seeds from www.johnnysseeds.com. Lots of heirlooms and organics and cool gardening supplies. Very friendly and prompt in shipping.
Jana |
| Bridge |
Posted - Aug 29 2005 : 3:34:41 PM
This is one of my favorite sites, because you can buy pkts for 35 cents.
I am a "urban" farmer that dreams of more land. So this is great for me!!
I can get the small pkts and have just about enough for my small gardens.
I must also say that I have ordered plants and they arrive pkg wonderfully.
http://www.artisticgardens.com/catalog/index.php
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| DaisyFarm |
Posted - Aug 29 2005 : 11:10:34 AM
Hi Melissa...I have four main catalogues that I order my seed from. They arrive in late December which is sure nice in the dead of winter. Nothing like curling up on a cold winter evening with a book about spring!! This also lets me draft my garden plan for the following year and make up my indoor and outdoor planting times well in advance (the never ending effort to stay organized!).
I make out my wish list, then get real and pare it down to what I really need and can afford!
Getting the catalogues in the mail lets me compare varieties...but it also lets me compare prices which can really vary. Also, some companies sell smaller packets of some kinds of seeds...like who needs 25 zucchini seeds???
Live a good and honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time. |
| ThymeForEweFarm |
Posted - Aug 29 2005 : 11:06:12 AM
www.fedcoseeds.com I get 99% of my seeds here. They offer GE free, organic seeds for vegetables, flowers and herbs. This is a small co-op run by farmers. They stop taking seed orders in April but you can order growing supplies year round. They also have catalogs for bulbs and trees.
Robin
www.thymeforewe.com |
| katie-ell |
Posted - Aug 29 2005 : 11:02:22 AM
I buy seeds from everywhere! I'm kinda a seed-addict. My favorite website for old-fashioned flowers is Select Seeds (www.selectseeds.com). I especially like nicotiana and annual poppies, and one of my absolute favorites is a nicotiana that really should be grown more: Nicotiana mutabilis. I purchase it as a plant from Select Seeds. It grows a huge rosette of leaves close to the ground, and then a tall stalk, to 5', with wonderful white and pink nicotiana bells. Hummingbirds love it and I woudn't be without it! It has come back from self-seeding, but I always buy at least one plant to be sure. . . . They also have Grandpa Otts' Morning Glory which is a beautiful purple flower that reseeds like crazy and never fails. I also love Pinetree Seeds for mail-order, because they offer smaller packets of seeds -- thus more affordable -- I get my veggies from them. I buy Burpee seeds locally, I buy Martha Stewart seeds at KMart (love the green Envy zinnias!), I buy from our Chicago Botanic Garden. My favorite green bean grows purple pods which turn a beautiful green when cooked -- makes the picking so much easier because you can see the beans. I think that one is from Pinetree seeds -- can't remember the name of that variety. Every few years I try to cut back my buying and try to catch up on the actual planting of all these seeds! But I do love to buy seeds -- It's like purchasing Hope, especially in January and February when we're covered in snow. |
