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DearMildred
True Blue Farmgirl
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Amanda
Tulsa
OK
USA
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 Posted - Jan 19 2009 : 1:55:54 PM
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I'm finally getting my raised beds built this year and wondering where the best places are to hunt down heirloom seeds? Anyone have any tips?
I don't do "Frankenfood" when I can avoid it so open-pollinated and heritage varieties are what I'm looking for. Seed Savers Exchange and Rareseeds.com both look pretty good so far.
Also, don't have any seeds to trade yet but might be happy to buy some from fellow farmgirls!
Thanks!
~Amanda in OK~
Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered by your old nonsense. -Emerson |
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
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farmmommy
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Kelley
Texas
USA
500 Posts |
Posted - Jan 23 2009 : 08:07:45 AM
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| Hey amanda....my fave places to get heirlooms are baker creek seeds, and the seed savers exchange, they both have lots and lots to choose from!!!! |
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
2306 Posts
Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
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Posted - Jan 23 2009 : 08:13:31 AM
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yep, someone covered my favorite place....bakers creek. Also check out www.localharvest.org. Another is Botanical Interests
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Mavens-Mother Hen
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LivingWell4You
True Blue Farmgirl
1411 Posts
Karen
Hillsboro
MO
USA
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Posted - Jan 23 2009 : 10:34:53 AM
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Hi, Amanda! This is my first year gardening with heirloom seeds. I'm ordering mine from Seed Savers Exchange and Baker Creek. (FYI: Emilee Gettle, wife of Baker Creek founder Jere, just became a farmgirl! Check out the Welcome Wagon thread to see her post.)
To follow up on Rene's post, you can also see what we're doing in the MJ's Heirloom Mavens Henhouse http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/HenHouseSnitz/default.asp?CAT_ID=51 and be watching every Saturday for their newsletter, The Mavens Haven, in the Chapter Chatter forum. It just might make ya wanna join the sisterhood and become a maven. We'd love to have you join us!
God bless -
Karen ~ Chickherder & KMW (Keeper of Maven Words)
Farmgirl Sister #311
"To own a little bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds and watch the renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do." Charles Dudley Warner |
Edited by - LivingWell4You on Jan 23 2009 10:37:33 AM |
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LivingWell4You
True Blue Farmgirl
1411 Posts
Karen
Hillsboro
MO
USA
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Posted - Jan 24 2009 : 07:49:46 AM
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Good morning, Amanda! The other day I was at our local library and waiting for me on the free magazines tables were two editions of Mother Earth News from 2005. One was the gardening issue and had an article called "Finding Great Garden Seeds." They highlighted three companies: Johnny's Selected Seeds ( www.johnnyseeds.com ), Seeds of Change ( www.seedsofchange.com ), and Baker Creek ( www.rareseeds.com ). They also had a sidebar of "Wonderful Web Sites:" Nichols Garden ( www.nicholsgardennursery.com ) - easy to navigate; Seed Savers Exchange ( www.seedsavers.org ) - for inspiration; Cook's Garden ( www.cooksgarden.com ) - self-explanatory; Territorial Seed Co. ( www.territorial-seed.com ) - clean and simple site & special icon for organic seeds; High Mowing Seeds ( www.highmowingseeds.com ) - where "no question about seed saving goes unanswered."
Thought you might find this information useful as well. Also check out this week's Mavens Haven newsletter in the Chapter Chatter forum.
God bless -
Karen ~ Chickherder & KMW (Keeper of Maven Words)
Farmgirl Sister #311
"To own a little bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds and watch the renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do." Charles Dudley Warner |
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4738 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Jan 24 2009 : 09:01:07 AM
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Thanks for all the websites Karen. I can't wait to look through them all. I want to buy more heirloom seeds for my gardens too.
Dawn in IL |
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Celticheart
True Blue Farmgirl
811 Posts
Marcia
WA
USA
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Posted - Jan 24 2009 : 2:02:49 PM
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Last year most of what I bought came from Nichols Garden and Cook's Garden. Everything was great and did well. Our weather wasn't the greatest. I also ordered from Seeds of Change.
"Nature always has the last laugh." Mrs. Greenthumbs
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Lanna
True Blue Farmgirl
330 Posts
Lanna
A little town in Idaho
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Posted - Jan 24 2009 : 10:14:43 PM
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I ordered from a slew of places. Heirloom Acres Seeds, Baker Creek, Nichols, Territorial, Irish Eyes, Bountiful Gardens.
I like quite a variety of groovy heirloom/OP stuff, and am trying out some little cloches and am getting a picking pail since my old wicker basket went and exploded from the weight of zucchini a few years ago. You don't even want to know how many varieties of tomatoes I'll have seeds for after everything comes in... *sigh*
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Lanna, mama to three little monkeys |
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DearMildred
True Blue Farmgirl
223 Posts
Amanda
Tulsa
OK
USA
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Posted - Jan 25 2009 : 11:59:11 AM
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Hey, thanks y'all! I can't wait to get started! I also sent my SASE to wintersown.org for free seeds... I know I read that post on the Garden Gate somewhere!
Hopefully next year I'll have some to swap.
Going to get myself over to the Mavens and check that out.
Also noticed that Baker Creek isn't too far from here (Tulsa) and they have a festival every May.
~Amanda in OK~
I made an airplane out of stone. I always did like staying home. -Shel Silverstein |
Edited by - DearMildred on Jan 25 2009 12:00:28 PM |
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