Topic: Where to buy seeds.

[NGO]

I looked at bunch of places and for the small plot family sized seed buying I decided to go with this company. Seeds are good for northern climates and the company turns out to be right here in Idaho!


http://www.americansurvivalstore.com/Survivalist-Seeds_p_82.html

I'll post some other places when I get a chance

[NGO]

http://www.seedsavers.org/


http://www.bountifulgardens.org/


http://heirloomseeds.com/


http://www.survivalseedbank.com/


http://www.mredepot.com/


http://www.kitchengardenseeds.com/


http://www.rareseeds.com/


Highest quality open-pollinated organic-biodynamic seeds.

http://www.turtletreeseed.com/

[NGO]

A response I recieved on another website;

I was looking at a site yesterday with heirloom seeds already prepacked but I saw something that I would change for my northern area and that was maturity date. Some seeds didn't give you a crop for 80-90 days and in my northern home that would be very undesirable.

Therefore, I would prefer to order my own seeds and find a way to store them safely. I'm looking for seeds that have short maturity dates like 50-60 days max. I would encourage you to consider maturity dates for your own locale, also.

Some of the places I'm shopping for seed are as follows:

1) Sand Hill Preservation - This farm is run by a very dedicated husband and wife who are determined to save heirloom veggies. They each work a full time job so this endeavor is a labor of love. They came highly recommended to me when I asked the same question as you a while back at a gardening forum.
http://www.sandhillpreservation.com/


2) Selected Plants - This is a place I have ordered my tomato plants online for the last 3-4 years by a man named Darrel Jones. His heirloom tomato selection is huge but it's his bean collection that intrigues me. I am particularly interested in beans because they are easy to save and grow so having them on hand for stock seed would be a good idea.

Darrel Jones has quite an impressive collect of bean seeds and many I have never heard of so I am doing some quick research to see which I'd like best but in the end it's the maturity dates that matters most before taste. Another thing that Darrel mentioned to me which I thought was important about growing beans was you can grow more pole beans in a smaller space than bush beans which is important for my situation.
http://www.selectedplants.com/


The next link I want to share with you is for this gardening forum that I mentioned earlier. There is a wealth of imformation there pertaining to heirloom seeds and many more garden related subjects. I think you would enjoy browsing the forums and there is even people who are very knowledgable in other forums there about home repair too.

Garden Forums:
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/


Home Forums:
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/

[NGO]

For those of us on a tight budget...these places have heirloom/open polinated seeds too but at lower cost, not lower quality though...

http://www.totallytomato.com - Totally Tomatoes (peppers too )


http://www.rhshumway.com - Shumway...lots of corn, beans, field peas, etc...always had good dealings with them.


http://www.vermontbean.com - Heirloom popcorn, tomatoes, etc...

[J Mack]

Thanks NGO

[Nomad]

Thanks for the information NGO.....

[Precise]

Fred Meyer - sitting in the rack in the garden dept. right now. 

[NGO]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=heirloom+vs+hybrid+seeds


Start reading about the differance in heirloom vs hybrid seeds....

Generally hybrids which is what most, not all, seeds in stores are will not replicate a second generation that will have the same traits as the first planting.  Some times by the third or fourth generation it will not only be poor quality but also unable to reproduce at all!

[Nomad]

 Your doing a great job.........Thanks

[SNAFU]

FYI Zamzows has a good selection.