Seed catalogs or websites

[Wifezilla]

In my experience, you have a year or two beyond the "packed for" date before your germination rate starts to drop. I usually don't worry about it. If I need to save seeds long term, I will vacuum pack and freeze them. Working on that right now.

 

[ellie_may12]

Nope, you can never have too many seed catalogs around!

I have a terrible time finding seed catalogs that are for the south.

Wifezilla is right about the year or two before your germination rate drops. I have heard that you can store them in the freezer to keep them longer. Isn't there a big seed storage some place in Iceland?

 

[Wifezilla]

http://www.livescience.com/environment/doomsday-seed-vault-arctic-100310.html

 

[i_am2bz]

I got my Baker Creek seed catalog in the mail today!!!

 

[freemotion]

I got my Baker Creek seed catalog in the mail today!!!

Me, too, and I am going all heirloom, all the time! Oh, all the choices!!! We need a thread on Baker's creek and maybe we can trade some seeds. Most of the packets are way too big for me.

 

[dragonlaurel]

Hubby calls the Bakers Creek catalog my "garden porn". Can't argue much, since I do get so excited whenever I look at it.

 

[CJW]

I have been up planning my garden for the spring...I think I have gone off the deep end!

Here are the 4 companies I will probably get my seeds from (Most of them coming from the first one, then the second, etc.:

www.highmowingseeds.com
www.seedsofchange.com
www.seedsavers.org
www.heirloomseeds.com

(edit...I can't count...added another one after I wrote how many companies...lol)

 

[i_am2bz]

Hubby calls the Bakers Creek catalog my "garden porn". Can't argue much, since I do get so excited whenever I look at it.

I felt like a 10 year old looking thru the Sears catalog making out my "wish list"!

 

[Wifezilla]

Has anyone here ordered short season sweet potatoes? I know Sandhill carries them, but there shipping schedule doesn't match my planting schedule. Plus you have to get an assortment and can't get just one variety.

I would love a purple variety, but anything with a short growing season will work.