Monday, September 12, 2011
time to start planning the spring garden
seed companies, I have ordered from every one of them and they would never carry a GMO seed,
some are organic, some are conventionally farmed
seed companies from plant breeders, if you can, get seeds here
http://rareseeds.com/ (huge selection, large company)
http://www.adaptiveseeds.com/ (amazing seeds that have a large DNA variation, so saved seeds will give you a good local variety fast)
http://sandmountainherbs.com/
http://www.seedstrust.com
http://www.sandhillpreservation.com/
these also have very good seeds
http://www.southernexposure.com/index.php
http://www.seedsavers.org/
http://www.seedsofchange.com/
http://www.bountifulgardens.org/
http://www.nativeseeds.org/ (wonderful native corn seeds and other natives from america, tested by natives for thousands of years )
large commercial places worth ordering from especially if you need things in bulk
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/
http://www.fedcoseeds.com/
saving your own seeds is critical,
you should only have to buy them one time.
to help with that, here are instructions form a few websites
http://www.seedsave.org/issi/issi_904.html
http://realseeds.co.uk/seedsavinginfo.html
http://www.nativeseeds.org/how_to/seedsave
http://survivingthemiddleclasscrash.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/how-to-harvest-process-and-store-vegetable-seeds/
this one makes you log in, so I figure it is worth skipping...
http://www.savingourseed.org/
storing the seeds correct makes them last longer,
here is a good overview
http://johnosbloggo.blogspot.com/2008/01/personal-seed-bank.html
for long term like a seed bank, here is the best info you will ever find,
but it is doubtful that you will need it, that is unless you are like me.
http://www.seedcontainers.net/a_guide_to_long-term_seed_preservation.html
some are organic, some are conventionally farmed
seed companies from plant breeders, if you can, get seeds here
http://rareseeds.com/ (huge selection, large company)
http://www.adaptiveseeds.com/ (amazing seeds that have a large DNA variation, so saved seeds will give you a good local variety fast)
http://sandmountainherbs.com/
http://www.seedstrust.com
http://www.sandhillpreservation.com/
these also have very good seeds
http://www.southernexposure.com/index.php
http://www.seedsavers.org/
http://www.seedsofchange.com/
http://www.bountifulgardens.org/
http://www.nativeseeds.org/ (wonderful native corn seeds and other natives from america, tested by natives for thousands of years )
large commercial places worth ordering from especially if you need things in bulk
http://www.johnnyseeds.com/
http://www.fedcoseeds.com/
saving your own seeds is critical,
you should only have to buy them one time.
to help with that, here are instructions form a few websites
http://www.seedsave.org/issi/issi_904.html
http://realseeds.co.uk/seedsavinginfo.html
http://www.nativeseeds.org/how_to/seedsave
http://survivingthemiddleclasscrash.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/how-to-harvest-process-and-store-vegetable-seeds/
this one makes you log in, so I figure it is worth skipping...
http://www.savingourseed.org/
storing the seeds correct makes them last longer,
here is a good overview
http://johnosbloggo.blogspot.com/2008/01/personal-seed-bank.html
for long term like a seed bank, here is the best info you will ever find,
but it is doubtful that you will need it, that is unless you are like me.
http://www.seedcontainers.net/a_guide_to_long-term_seed_preservation.html