Blackberry lily seeds are easy to find and save
As your plants flower and set seed and your fruit ripens on the vine, think of what you would like to save for next year. Saving seed can be easy and cost effective. In addition to saving seed to plant in your garden next year, you can give away seed packets as gifts or participate in seed swaps. Continue reading
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Now is the best time to grow lettuce. Lettuce prefers cool temperatures and can tolerate a frosty evening. This green is easy to start from seed or you can purchase small plants at the nursery. In the spring, lettuce should be given as much light as possible. Growing lettuce can be done in containers or in garden beds. Look for places that are full sun, especially where trees have not leafed out yet. Containers do not have to be large or deep. You can grow lettuce in containers with a depth as shallow as 6 to 8 inches. Continue reading
Gardeners like to start seeds indoors to get a jump start on warm season plants such as tomatoes, peppers, and melons. They also start seeds indoors to be able to grow plants that have a longer growing season than the season in which they live. Before you begin to sow seeds indoors, read these sixteen seed starting tips to have as much success as possible. If you haven’t ordered your seeds yet, here is a list of seed companies. Continue reading
The following are 70 seed companies, including seed potato and garlic bulbs. I would like to grow this list and welcome suggestions. If you know of companies not listed here, please e-mail pegplant at gmail dot com so they can be added. Let’s hit 100!
Seed Companies
3 Porch Farm https://3porchfarm.com/
Adaptive Seeds http://www.adaptiveseeds.com
American Meadows http://www.americanmeadows.com
Annie’s Heirloom Seeds http://www.anniesheirloomseeds.com
Ardelia Farm (sweet peas) https://www.ardeliafarm.com/
Baker Creek Heirloom Seed http://www.rareseeds.com
Botanical Interests http://www.botanicalinterests.com
Burpee http://www.burpee.com
Eden Brothers http://www.edenbrothers.com
Experimental Farm Network https://www.experimentalfarmnetwork.org/
Fedco Seeds http://www.fedcoseeds.com
Ferry Morse https://ferrymorse.com/
Filaree Farm https://www.filareefarm.com/
Floret Flower Farm https://www.floretflowers.com/
Fruition Seeds https://www.fruitionseeds.com/
Grand Prismatic Seed https://www.grandprismaticseed.com/
Gurneys Seed and Nursery Company http://www.gurneys.com
Harris Seeds http://www.harrisseeds.com
Harvesting History http://www.harvesting-history.com
Henry Field’s Seed and Nursery Company http://www.henryfields.com
High Country Gardens http://www.highcountrygardens.com
High Mowing Seeds http://www.highmowingseeds.com
Hudson Valley Seed Library http://www.seedlibrary.org
Irish Eyes https://irisheyesgardenseeds.com/
J.L. Hudson, Seedsman https://www.jlhudsonseeds.net/
John Scheepers Kitchen Garden Seeds http://www.kitchengardenseeds.com
Johnny’s Selected Seeds http://www.johnnyseeds.com
J.W. Jung Seed http://www.jungseed.com
Kitazawa Seed Company http://www.kitazawaseed.com
Mary’s Heirloom Seeds http://www.marysheirloomseeds.com
Native Seeds http://www.nativeseeds.org
Nichols Garden Nursery http://www.nicholsgardennursery.com
Park Seed http://www.parkseed.com
Peace Seedlings http://peaceseedlingsseeds.blogspot.com/
Peaceful Valley Farm and Garden Supply http://www.groworganic.com
Pinetree Garden Seeds & Accessories http://www.superseeds.com
Prairie Road Organic Seed https://www.prairieroadorganic.co/
Prairie Moon Nursery https://www.prairiemoon.com/seeds/
Renee’s Garden http://www.reneesgarden.com
Renaissance Farms http://www.renaissancefarms.org
Restoration Seeds https://www.restorationseeds.com/
R.H. Shumway http://www.rhshumway.com
Rohrer Seeds https://rohrerseeds.com/
Sample Seeds http://www.sampleseeds.com
Sand Hill Preservation Center https://www.sandhillpreservation.com/
Seeds of Change http://www.seedsofchange.com
Seed Savers Exchange http://www.seedsavers.org
Seeds from Italy http://www.growitalian.com
Select Seeds/Antique Flowers http://www.selectseeds.com
Sierra Seeds https://sierraseeds.org/
Siskiyou Seeds https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/
Snake River Seed Cooperative https://www.snakeriverseeds.com/
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange http://www.southernexposure.com
Sow True Seeds https://sowtrueseed.com/
Stokes Seeds http://www.stokesseeds.com
Sustainable Seed Company http://www.sustainableseedco.com
Swallowtail Garden Seeds https://www.swallowtailgardenseeds.com/
Territorial Seed Company http://www.territorialseed.com
Terroir Seeds http://www.underwoodgardens.com
The Maine Potato Lady https://www.mainepotatolady.com/productcart/pc/home.asp
Tomato Growers Supply Company http://www.tomatogrowers.com
Totally Tomatoes http://www.totallytomato.com
True Love Seeds https://trueloveseeds.com/
Turtle Tree Seed https://turtletreeseed.org/
Uprising Seeds https://uprisingorganics.com/
Urban Farmer http://www.ufseeds.com
Vermont Bean Seed Company http://www.vermontbean.com
Victory Seeds http://www.victoryseeds.com
Wild Garden Seed https://www.wildgardenseed.com/
Wood Prairie Farm https://www.woodprairie.com/
It is that time of year again — seed swaps! National Seed Swap Day is Saturday, January 29, 2022, the last Saturday in January. Seed swaps are a great way to obtain new seeds, share your favorite seeds, and attend a fun event. A seed swap can be as simple as friends getting together to share seeds they saved from the previous gardening season to an all-day planned event with speakers, door prizes, and refreshments. Continue reading
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mustard microgreens
Now that winter is coming, you can still grow your greens, just indoors. Growing microgreens is a fun, cheap way to grow nutritious vegetable seedlings for sandwiches, wraps, soup, and salads. Microgreens are the shoots of edible plants, requiring very little space and minimal cost. Microgreens differ from sprouts. Microgreen seeds germinate in a growing medium and after one or two weeks, the “micro” stems and leaves are cut to the soil level and eaten. Sprouts are seeds grown in a moist container—no soil. After a few days, the root and seed are harvested and eaten. Continue reading
Today is National Plant a Flower Day. I always have flowers in my garden. Before this pandemic, I used to cut the flowers and bring them to my office. I am no flower arranger, I just put the zinnias, marigolds, and cosmos in a vase on my desk. My colleagues loved them. Invariably they would smile and strike up a conversation. Some would be brave enough to ask me to bring flowers for them while others were inspired to bring flowers of their own into the office. Continue reading
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Gardeners like to start seeds indoors to get a jump start on warm season plants such as tomatoes, peppers, and melons. They also start seeds indoors to be able to grow plants that have a longer growing season than the season in which they live. Before you begin to sow seeds indoors, read these sixteen seed starting tips to have as much success as possible. If you haven’t ordered your seeds yet, here is a list of seed companies. Continue reading
I love seed catalogs. Reading them is an easy, simple way to learn about growing plants and new plant introductions. I grow many of my edibles from seed — it’s fun, economical, and rewarding. But I am not willing to pay extra for the “non-GMO” or “GMO-free” claim I see on almost every catalog now. Even more importantly, seed catalogs should make it clear that they are offering non-GE seed, which isn’t even available to the home gardeners anyway so they are not really “offering” any more than the next seed catalog. Continue reading
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Time to ring in the New Year with 2021 garden plans, including more seed packets! Below is a list of online seed companies as well as companies that still publish and mail seed catalogs. Many of these catalogs are free.
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