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> Here's a few - in no particular order - to get you started. Definitely
> not a comprehensive list but just enough to whet your appetite.
> Alarmingly, some of the best are no longer with us.
> 
> Native Seed/SEARCH - Southwestern/Mexican vegetables, including beans,
> squash, corn and chilis: http://www.nativeseeds.org/v2/default.php
> 
> Baker's Creek - Founded by a teenage heirloom enthusiast. Some
> peppers, tomatoes, every other sort of vegetable:
> http://rareseeds.com/
> 
> Sandhill Preservation Center - Glenn Drown's "hobby farm" (Glenn is
> also a full-time teacher) dedicated to genetic preservation, offers
> vegetable seeds including a huge selection of tomatoes, also sweet
> potatoes, as well as historic breeds of poultry. And something else
> that I forget. This one is truly worthy of supporting. Does business
> the old-fashioned way: http://www.sandhillpreservation.com/
> 
> Marianna's Heirloom Tomatoes - haven't ordered from her for a while,
> but a great source of tomato and sweet and hot pepper seeds:
> http://www.mariseeds.com/2005catalog/sweetpeppers.html
> 
> Solana Seeds - Canadian company, very nice selection of garden seed.
> Heavy on tomatoes and peppers. Unique and hard to find offerings.
> Quick service: http://solanaseeds.netfirms.com/welcome.html
> 
> Scheeper's Kitchen Garden Seeds - a bit pricey, but has a few things
> that are hard to find elsewhere. Nice recipes:
> http://www.kitchengardenseeds.com/
> 
> Evergreen Seeds - Wide selection of asian vegetables. Good prices,
> great service: http://www.evergreenseeds.com/vegetableseeds.html
> 
> Southern Exposure Seed Exchange - Nice selection of all sorts of garden seeds:
> http://www.southernexposure.com/index.html
> 
> Seeds of Change - Nice selection of organic heirloom garden seeds:
> http://www.seedsofchange.com/default.asp
> 
> Bountiful Gardens - Wide selection of open-pollinated edibles,
> medicinal herbs. Rare and unique offerings. John Jeavon's (author, How
> to Grow More Vegetables (and fruit, nuts, berries, grains and other
> crops) than you ever thought possible on less land than you can
> imagine)organization: http://www.bountifulgardens.org/
> 
> Seeds from Italy - American distributor of primarily Franchi Sementi
> seeds. Mostly Italian heirloom vegetables with some other European
> varieties thrown in. Seeds come in very, very generous European
> quantities, very unlike the anemic ones produced on this side of the
> Atlantic. Very wide selection, many of which are not widely available
> here. Some hybrids, but primarily heirloom/op. Worth the money:
> http://www.growitalian.com/
> 
> Sandy Mush Herb Nursery - extensive listing of herbs:
> http://www.sandymushherbs.com/index.html
> 
> 
> Before ordering from any company, it's a good thing to check The
> Garden Watchdog where people who have transacted business go to rate
> their interactions with various companies:
> 
> Warning about pepper seed vendor: Reimers appears to have a very nice
> website with an extremely wide selection of peppers, including a huge
> selection of the very rare and unique. However, conversation on the
> various gardening groups for years reveal that the company gets very
> bad marks for poor customer service, failure to ship, poor germination
> rates of their seed, and the contention that many of their seeds are
> not true to type. Recent postings to the Garden Watchdog confirm that
> these things are still an issue with this company. If you are looking
> for pepper seeds, this company WILL pop up in your google search. It
> is recommended that you not order pepper seed from this vendor.
> 
> Elise
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 18, 2008 11:01 PM, Lawrence F. London, Jr. <lflj@intrex.net> wrote:
>> Margaret L. Wilson wrote:
>> 
>>> I just joined the group and then had to go away for business and
>>> personal reasons for a month.  I plant a huge garden and (I think) I
>>> will have some help this year so I should have seeds to share.  I am
>>> going to try to save seeds for the first time this years.  I buy my
>>> seeds from Baker Creek, Territorial Seeds, Johnny's, Irish Eyes and
>>> Peaceful Valley.
>>> Margaret
>>> http://farfarawayfarm.blogspot.com/
>> 
>> Do you have website and phone number for Irish Eyes? Potato vendor?
>> 
>> 
>> Out of many on the Web what are recommended pepper seed vendors, especially
>> the hot and the Asian and Hispanic varieties?
>> 
>> Also for tomato seeds?
>> 
>> Things are warming a bit here and my Bloomsdale spinach is getting taller
>> (approaching 1.5").
>> 
>> I wil want to establish permanent bds of multiplying onions, comfrey,
>> Jerusalem artichokes, mint(s)
>> and asparagus.
>> 
>> What's  good MO place for asparagus.
>> 
>> Am almost through getting a new farmers market set up here in Chapel Hill, in
>> the center of town
>> in a landscaped park on the roof of a huge municipal parking deck. Looking
>> forward to selling there.
>> If anyone wants complete documentation for setting up a typical farmers
>> market let me know and I'll
>> email you all our proposals, plans, guidelines, bylaws, vendor applications
>> and description of systems we will use
>> to handle such things as vendor space aloccation and management. Ours is
>> inexpensive for vendors and maintains
>> a level playing field for all classes and categories of vendors. The small
>> and large vendors are on equal footing
>> and we have built-in hostile takeover prevention within our guidelines. One
>> of our objectives is to provide space for as
>> many vendors who apply as possible. Large, long term vendors are not able to
>> dominate or control our market.
>> Ultimately this works out best for everyone, them included. As our market
>> grows and more vendors apply we will expand to
>> other locations and other opening days.
>> 
>> 
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