Heirloom Seeds...

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Permalink Reply by KBO on October 21, 2008 at 10:27pm

I've ordered from Seed Savers in Decorah, Iowa. Never disappointed. Would love to visit them sometime soon.

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Permalink Reply by GreenFrieda on October 22, 2008 at 12:57am

I'd suggest two: SeedSavers.org and www.seedsofchange.com. I have ordered from both. They have a good selection, I like their mission and have had success with their varities.

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Permalink Reply by Carol on October 22, 2008 at 4:05am

Baker's Creek is a great seed company. Charantais melons are a must grow! Poona Kheera cucumbers are good tasting and productive.
Also try Heirloom Acres www.HeirloomAcresSeeds.com

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Permalink Reply by Carrie Seal-Stahl on October 22, 2008 at 4:43am

Wow. I am going to have my hands full this spring I see ;)

Thanks for the suggestions so far, keep em coming :)

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Permalink Reply by Carrie Cox on October 23, 2008 at 1:18pm

We've ordered from Victory Seeds and Seed Saver's Exchange before, both with great success. I really like Victory Seeds () because of the extra info/history they have on the seeds. One of our favorite tomatoes from there is the Cherokee Chocolate. Isbell's Golden tomatoes also made an unexpectedly delicious chili!

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Permalink Reply by michael on October 23, 2008 at 4:13pm

I have been very happy with http://www.seedsofchange.com and http://www.heirloomseeds.com/

Heirloom Seeds said the seeds would take over a month for shipment (not sure why) but they actually arrived within a week. Heirloom Seeds have a TON a variety.

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Permalink Reply by Chris on October 23, 2008 at 6:47pm

I'm with you on the "getting back to basics", and would love to grow primarily heirlooms myself . . . I've only got a catalog from Seeds of Change, but I look forward to checking out the other sources people here have already listed!

Anyone else itching to start planning for planting next Spring?

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Permalink Reply by Carrie Seal-Stahl on October 26, 2008 at 10:31pm

Hehe I've already been looking around at the various websites for new varieties to try, and trying to squeeze in more plants than I had last year LOL My last frost isn't until mid-May, either!!!

Chris said:

I'm with you on the "getting back to basics", and would love to grow primarily heirlooms myself . . . I've only got a catalog from Seeds of Change, but I look forward to checking out the other sources people here have already listed!

Anyone else itching to start planning for planting next Spring?

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Permalink Reply by Kelly Dukarski on October 29, 2008 at 9:16pm

I agree, seeds of change and seed savers are great! You might also check out Gourmet Seed International (www.gourmetseed.com). They have alot of great stuff and I've had good luck with everything. I grown only heirloom organic veggies and they were able to provide an all organic heirloom seed.

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Permalink Reply by future_reference on October 30, 2008 at 2:00pm

I have been very successfully using seeds from Botanical Interests. They have both organic and conventional seeds stocks with a great variety of heirlooms too.

I grew everything from seed this year and the only ones I had trouble with were brands that came from Home Depot.

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Permalink Reply by Tom Donaldson on November 1, 2008 at 2:33am

I got some of my seeds from Bakers last season.

Amish Paste Tomato
Sweet Red Stuffing Pepper
New England Pie Pumpkin
Red Noodle Pole Bean
… and a few others.

All excellent varieties, good germination. They also sent me a couple of free packets to try. An eggplant called Thai Long Green and a heirloom Italian broccoli that grew giant healthy plants but no broccoli heads. I think the broccoli failure was due to the extreme hot weather we had in June.

I am planning to order from them again for next season’s garden.

Here’s a gardener’s site by Cornell U. It’s an excellent site for plant variety recs and the seed companies where you can get them.

http://vegvariety.cce.cornell.edu/index.php

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Permalink Reply by Miguel Marcos on November 2, 2008 at 5:32pm

Not of much use to most but just in case anyone from Spain ever comes in search of this kind of information here, there is a good Spanish organic seed company online called Semillas Madre Tierra at http://www.semillasmadretierra.com/. They're big on biodynamic growing, too.

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