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Where do you get heirloom seeds to start? I have heard of a couple places, but I would love to hear input from people on where they order from and what they thought of the company.
Heirloom seeds
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Ron
Chillin' In The Garden
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds has a beautiful catalog. Go to www.rareseeds.com.
Also Bountiful Gardens at www.bountifulgardens.org
Southern Exposure Seed Excange (Google it)
and just Google HEIRLOOM SEEDS.
Also Bountiful Gardens at www.bountifulgardens.org
Southern Exposure Seed Excange (Google it)
and just Google HEIRLOOM SEEDS.
obsessed
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I have ordered from Seed Saver's Exchange. They rock.
curly_kate
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I like Baker Creek as well, and also buy from Kitchen Garden Seeds & Shumways. Not all of their seeds (KGS & Shumways) are heirloom, but they have a pretty good selection.
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I had looked at Seed Savers Exchange a few days ago and went back to look last night. My wish list is already 3 pages and about $120 :/ . I will check out the other companies mentioned as well, thanks for the suggestions!
obsessed
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Baker's Creek is also real nice. I never ordered before but it is way worth ordering it. It was beautiful. One of the best I have ever seen and is more of an art piece.
Sylvie
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I belonged to Seedsavers for years. The catalog is mammoth! They have their non member catalog that you can order from, too. Their philosophy is to not duplicate what members are selling in the public catalogs.
You can find just about anything from most countries. There is a yearly fee and if you offer something for sale you get a further discount. I actually made a nice profit selling my seeds which were seeds that I bought there and the original person offering them had a crop failure which opened up a niche.
ETA- the member's catalog doesn't have photos, you need to either be very adventurous or knowledgeable. The public catalog has pics.
You can find just about anything from most countries. There is a yearly fee and if you offer something for sale you get a further discount. I actually made a nice profit selling my seeds which were seeds that I bought there and the original person offering them had a crop failure which opened up a niche.
ETA- the member's catalog doesn't have photos, you need to either be very adventurous or knowledgeable. The public catalog has pics.
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Try southern exposure seed exchange at http://www.southernexposure.com. I ordered from them this year and had great luck, also the prices and shipping seemed reasonable.
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I actually sell the Seed Savers seed. I have a set of their seed racks in my barn/store. We have a CSA and a garden center at our house where we also sell the plants that I have started in the greenhouse. We have just finished our selling season and are now focusing on the CSA.
All of our produce comes from plants grown from SSE seeds. There is an incredible variety and the people there are very helpful. I get the seed wholesale by having the seed racks and can send unsold seed back to them up to a certain point so it works out pretty well for me.
All of our produce comes from plants grown from SSE seeds. There is an incredible variety and the people there are very helpful. I get the seed wholesale by having the seed racks and can send unsold seed back to them up to a certain point so it works out pretty well for me.
davaroo
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I purchased a lot of seed from these guys:
http://www.sustainableseedco.com/
They do a nice job and are thorough.
http://www.sustainableseedco.com/
They do a nice job and are thorough.
