Lot of stuff I’ve been reading say to buy around mid December when the seed catalogs come out, but which ones?
I usually just get seeds and plants from Home Depot, it’s done the job, but I want to find some nice heirlooms and/or varieties they don’t carry. Also screw “white label” seeds. But that’s another discussion.
So this last year I got some different seeds from Lee Valley, but I wasn’t a huge fan, still felt like Home Depot just under another name.
So what’s your guys favorite website or place to get seeds. And when do you find the best time to order.
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If your in the northern hemisphere December is not a good time to purchase seeds.
It’s usually carryover from the previous season of southern hemisphere production.
Wait until February. That’s when the northern hemisphere production is available.
If you are in the southern hemisphere, August is your month.
Is my go to for natives. Search by region, bloom time, color etc. Order them in the winter for cold stratifying either direct in the ground or winter sowing in a container
Random small Etsy people who seem legit have been good to me. Recycled packaging, directly supporting a very small business, etc. has been nice.
These are all illegal operations FYI. They break international, national, and state laws meant to prevent the spread of invasive species and pathogens.
I can second Johnny’s seeds and have gotten quite a few good uncommon varieties from them.
There’s also MI Gardener that I’ve gotten several heirloom varieties for a very reasonable cost. YouTuber and Master gardener who eventually opened a physical store dedicated to teaching others how grow more plants than they kill.
I’ve also used Rare seeds for other less common varieties
A little bit specialized/niche, but my favorite is Kitazawa Seed. For more Western varieties, I like Fedco. I tend to order in late winter.
FYI The original owners retired a few years ago and the brand is now owned by True Leaf market. I bought from them before the switch but not yet from the new site.
Native American Seed Company, but they’re pretty specific to native Texas plants.
For veggies, I’ve had success with Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds.
Just a heads up Baker Creek has a dubious history of right leaning support and using their adopted Asian son as a prop to advertise Asian veggie seeds in their catalog until folks online asked about it. Just a lot of questionable behavior.
http://www.theredneckhippie.com/2019/04/baker-creek-seeds-supports-racism.html?m=1
https://www.reddit.com/r/gardening/comments/j1kqfp/controversy_with_baker_creek/
I remember reading about the Cliven Bundy thing a couple years ago and still don’t quite understand Baker Creek’s fault there. Dude’s a world-renowned watermelon farmer in addition to right-wing terrorist, and it doesn’t seem like Baker Creek did anything at all to support the man except ask him about growing watermelons
Cliven bundy has a proven track record of using whatever platform he’s given to promote vile extremist views. Baker creek giving him a platform to speak is either negligent, if they are claiming they never once googled his name, or an indicator of support for his views.
I lean towards the second interpretation. On the speaker agenda, he’s referred to as a “land rights activist”, indicating that that is a specific topic they knew he would discuss, and they didn’t just hear about him as a random watermelon farmer.
Looking at the speaker before him, too, they run a group that thinks you can just come down with a case of autism from eating GMOs and cure yourself with organic food, and they are also 5g conspiracy theorists. You don’t accidentally put those types of people together.
When called out about it, they basically defended their choice to invite him, even though they could have disavowed him.
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