Ohhhh, I haven't hit Terroir in a while, thanks for the reminder.

I've already ordered from Baker Creek and Vermont Bean Company. I've received the order from VBC and BC should arrive early this week. I don't anticipate placing any more orders but we all know how that goes.

VBC's shipping for seeds is a flat $4.95 which I find tolerable.

I'll buy my Dixondale onion plants and seed potatoes locally in March.

I've already placed orders with Baker Creek and Southern Exposure Seed Exchange and a couple of small orders from Park Seed and Harris Seed. That should be about everything I need for the coming season- but that doesn't mean I won't place a couple of more orders haha!

edit to add- I forgot- I got a "grab bag: from MIGardener.com a month or so ago.

I'm not a seed person, especially when it comes to veggies. Too small a garden and it's just me so I purchase already started plants. But there are some annuals I grow from seed because they are so fast and easy and I can't always find what I'm looking for in bedding packs. I've made a list but most sources I can find available at my local nursery, particularly Renee's Garden and Botanical Interests, which I favor for their selection and quality. So no mail order, no shipping charges :)

In previous years my storage area was very cool and dry so I was able to use seeds from old packets, and usually had good germination even from 5 year old seeds. But this year my house is much more humid (I've got much more planting area in the attached solar greenhouse) so I'm a little worried that my hoarded seeds might go bad. Not quite enough to buy replacement seeds, though. That's just a slippery slope, and I have too many already.

Due to encroaching roots and shade from a nearby maple tree my vegetable growing area is very rapidly decreasing. And since I am not a fan of the daily watering needed for containers that's not much of an option for me. (Although I suppose I could set up some drip irrigation for the containers.)

The past few years I have also been focused on growing more fruit, berries, and native plants. So in terms of placing orders, rather than seed orders I have been considering ordering from my local conservation district for things like serviceberries, highbush cranberries, aronia, hazelnuts, etc.. Plus there is an annual seed swap happening here in Michigan in February that I will most likely pick some seeds up at.

Rodney

I don't really buy seed from seed companies, apart from a few OP vegetables from Secret Seed or Thomas Etty (UK) but I do save a lot of seed and get seed from seed distribution lists from garden clubs I subscribe towards. I am a member of The Hardy Plant Society, which has almost 2000 varieties on the members distribution lists - all of which will have been gathered from members gardens, so tend to be more viable than seeds from seed co's. Practically free too - £5 (around $7) for 30 different varieties. Has revolutionised my gardening practice.

Incidentally, for seed sowers, the HPS has just photographed and indexed over 2000 seeds -well worth bookmarking the website.

I usually buy plants due to a small garden. What seeds I need, I can get free from a free seed exchange that happens once a month, then if I can't find seeds, we have a Baker's Creek in the same town I play ukulele and go to the chiropractor!

I've ordered seeds for a few gaps in my lineup from Southern Exposure, Botanical Interests, and Baker Creek, but I'm trying to stay away from now on--I'm out of growing space! I'm sure some new pepper will tempt me back though. The goal is to actually try everything I have this year, and start narrowing down my varieties for future years based on how I like them. Then maybe I can justify additional seeds.

After saying I wasn't going to order anything else, my Johnny's Selected Seeds catalog arrived Friday. Yesterday I ordered 1/4 lb. each of 3 of their microgreen mixes and a packet of Goldilocks bush beans. I'll grow the microgreens out in batches this winter to add to my indoor lettuce I started a few weeks ago. I've been wanting to try microgreens for a couple years.

I haven’t placed an order yet. I typically have my seed orders placed by now, but I’ve had an awful hard time finding the time to do it this year!! I finally sat down over the weekend and had a look through different catalogs. By the end of the week, I plan to place some orders with SeedsfromItaly, Fedco, and potentially Southern Exposure Seed Exchange. I’m thinking about placing an order for seed potatoes with the MainePotatoLady website too. They have some really neat potato varieties!

I am also wanting to find a company that sells the Earlirouge tomato and Filderkraut cabbage at some point...

I was brought some interesting seeds from a neighbor. While visiting England in October, she bought me seed for leeks, Swede, parsnips, purple sprouting broccoli, runner beans, etc. I’ll be planting most of these...

Jacob - I love The Maine Potato Lady!! I order from her every year.

Jacob - Turtle tree seeds has both of the things you are looking for. https://turtletreeseed.org/product/filderkraut-green-cabbage-seeds/

Thank You ekgrows!! I actually just stumbled across their website a few minutes after my last post haha. I’ll definitely be placing an order with them...

Great - I grew their filderkraut this year - a decent cabbage. I've ordered from them for years. :)

Already ordered from Johnny's and got a few things from Burpee. Planning on getting some things from Baker Creek once their new products are actually available online.

Dumb question maybe, but can all vegetable seeds handle freezing down to zero Fahrenheit and below? Suppose there isn't a problem even with those cold weeks of winter transit.

I just started flipping through the catalogs -- haven't been in the mood yet to sit down and really look through them and mark what to order.

noki33

Dumb question maybe, but can all vegetable seeds handle freezing down to zero Fahrenheit and below? Suppose there isn't a problem even with those cold weeks of winter transit.

Not a dumb question. Seeds can be frozen for longer term storage if done properly. Almost all of them are OK with the usual winter shipping that seed places have- 2-4 daysish? shipping times. If the shipping time screwed up a lot of seeds, the mail order companies would have failed long ago. Some seeds or plants can be more cold sensitive, but hopefully you are dealing with a company that knows their stock well enough not to ship those items in winter.

Don't know what companies you are using- but none of them should be having weeks of transit. The delay in shipping time when it comes to weeks is more often the processing time at the company prior to shipping out.

I agree, freezing most seeds will not hurt them. Repetitive freezing and thawing certainly can though but that has more to due with the condensation that can happen during thawing.

I store my seeds in the refrigerator. Mason jars for large seeds like beans and peas and doubled up zip lock bags for small seed packets. I put desiccant packs in every bag or jar to minimize the moisture.

So... placed my orders with Pinetree Seeds. Baker Creek, and Johnny's today. Santa's growing ole soul stuffed my stocking with seed cash to spend at those places over Christmas.

Was looking at peppers at this site, I always want what I can't easily get for some reason, I like weird European peppers

Croatian Seeds Blot Pepper

Croatian Seeds Laylak Pepper

Not that expensive even with supposed import from Croatia... but should I trust a source like this? They are on ebay also. Baker Creek lists the "Blot" but is never in stock, so I found this site.

Also interested in this onion, maybe this is sold under a different name in the US?

Lilia Italian Purple Onion

It’s worth a shot, if you are desperate to grow those peppers. Just ask yourself if you’re prepared to lose that money if The seeds get lost or don’t make it through customs. I would expect that everything would go smoothly though..

to add to my earlier post, I ended up placing a few more orders: Burpee, Johnny’s, and Territorial Seeds.

I did place an order with Johnny’s on Sunday. I’ve never ordered directly from Johnny’s. The price of their seed seems expensive, but I’m hoping it pays off, because I always buy the cheapest seed I can find, and it is not always reliable....I REALLY like all of the info provided for the seed....germination temp, height, spread, DTM, seed count + weight, etc.

I place all of my seed in the freezer permenantly, and I pull out whatever I need when I need it. I’ve not noticed trouble yet. I think, like Jack said, repeated freezing/thawing is what hurts it.

Just pulled the first of my orders out of the mailbox lol. Loving the detailed packets!!!

Placed an order with Bakers Creek yesterday for Cucamelon, Black Beauty Tomato and Cherokee Black pole beans. I have so many seeds that I should be ashamed of myself, but shouldn't have to buy any other than a specialty veggie I want to try each year. Tiller is still down, but am going to try to find someone till the garden for me this year. Last year I did everything in containers on the south facing front porch. My house is in the middle of 21 acres and the house faces the back of the acreage. Everything did well, but I want more.

Madonna