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Heirloom Seeds...

Traditionally we've always just gone up to Wal-mart or Home Depot to buy seeds (generally Burpee), but the more I read about some of Monsanto's (who bought out Burpee) questionable practices, the more I'm interested in just getting back to the basics.

I've been looking around the Baker Creek website, and am curious whether anyone around here has ordered from them. They have a great rating from "Garden Watchdog". If you've ordered from them, what varieties did you grow, how did they do?

Besides Baker Creek, can you suggest any other reputable and cost effective companies I can take a look at? Thank you!

Tags: baker, creek, heirloom, seeds

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Permalink Reply by Fostermamas on November 3, 2008 at 6:25pm: I also use SSE and Seeds of Change, order their catalogs now so you can plot all winter! My favorite part of gardening is dreaming of next year's garden.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Carrie Seal-Stahl on November 3, 2008 at 10:33pm: Oh, I hear you! My husband laughs at me combing over the catalogs in the dead of winter. I am not a fan of cold and snow, I have to have something to keep me sane til I can get outside in the sunshine :) I'm one of those people who draws out a whole big illustrated chart, and am sure every seedling is organized in just such a way LOL

Fostermamas said:
I also use SSE and Seeds of Change, order their catalogs now so you can plot all winter! My favorite part of gardening is dreaming of next year's garden.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Pat on November 19, 2008 at 2:16pm: I got a catalog from Johnny's Seeds. Are they part of the Monsanto thing?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Carrie Seal-Stahl on November 19, 2008 at 3:34pm: Here is a post I found from a Johnny's employee:

Johnny's carries a few varieties produced by Seminis Seed, which is now owned by Monsanto. I want to make this distinction because many seed companies had a relationship with Seminis before they were purchased. A part of Johnny's mission is to provide customers with quality, unique varieties. If customers demand varieties that only Seminis carries, we will provide those. However, as Johnny's finds varieties that are in all ways suitable to replace a Seminis variety, Johnny's replaces it with a variety from another vendor. We are slowly phasing out Seminis varieties, without harming customer demand for certain varieties.

If anyone has further questions about this, please feel free to call us toll-free at 1-877-564-6697 and we'd be happy to talk to you about it further.

Sincerely,
Johnny's Selected Seeds

SOURCE: http://davesgarden.com/products/gwd/c/84/

Pat said:
I got a catalog from Johnny's Seeds. Are they part of the Monsanto thing?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Katherine Mann on November 27, 2008 at 8:43am: Try Fedco in Maine and Southern Exposure Seed Exchange in Virginia. Those are my two favorites. Their prices rock. Seed Savers Exchange in Iowa and Seeds of Change also have heirlooms, but they're a little pricier. I've never heard of Baker Creek, but I'll check it out.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Cornelia on December 1, 2008 at 10:35am: Homegrown Evolution just posted about a new tool on Mother Earth News' web site.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Carrie Seal-Stahl on December 1, 2008 at 12:51pm: Oh awesome! Thanks for the link! I've saved it in favorites. This is sure going to make the job of finding my dad some "Greasy Bean" seeds a whole lot easier :); ▶ Reply to This