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Everwilde is completely new to me, @Chickie'sMomaInNH ! I looked at a few things and their location in Wisconsin - the prices seem good.
I have just spent the entire day except for a walk, working on seed orders off the seed inventory and through a stack of catalogs.
A company once took 3 weeks to ship an order to me. They are long-established and have been a good source for many years but something went wrong that year. Three weeks from today is just about time for a first sowing of lots of starts. Two weeks would be better for a few things but I nearly always do a second sowing and some seed is available locally. But, you see, I have cut ordering as close as I dare.
All the orders should be finished to go out tomorrow. I may need to drag one more company in for somethings forgotten or order again from one of the following ... I don't like doing that but I doubt if they are aware enuf of me to know how many times I'm ordering
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Jordan Seed was the source for onion seed that is already here with some in soil in flats. Harris continues to play a big role from what I used to ask of them, 10 or so years ago. Johnny's and Jung's will be important but less than years ago. I don't really know why buying habits have shifted.
I like that I can find a fair amount from Fedco. They seem to always have honest value.
Osborne Seed isn't all that far away and became an important source not all that long ago. Usually, I'm buying onion seed plus from them. We just need the "plus," this year.
Restoration Seeds is my new source. The prices aren't wonderful but they have some things that I want that are difficult to find. Even with a big garden, there are several things that I have been growing for years and for which I haven't come up with alternatives. I consider that a flaw in my gardening but it's a little difficult to correct because some crops take up a lot of room and I don't really want to trial 2 or 3 different ones in a single growing season. But, varieties become obsolete and I have gotten myself in trouble being a stick in the mud and not adventuring beyond the tried and true. Of course, finding those has contributed enormously to my gardening success.
Steve
I have just spent the entire day except for a walk, working on seed orders off the seed inventory and through a stack of catalogs.
A company once took 3 weeks to ship an order to me. They are long-established and have been a good source for many years but something went wrong that year. Three weeks from today is just about time for a first sowing of lots of starts. Two weeks would be better for a few things but I nearly always do a second sowing and some seed is available locally. But, you see, I have cut ordering as close as I dare.
All the orders should be finished to go out tomorrow. I may need to drag one more company in for somethings forgotten or order again from one of the following ... I don't like doing that but I doubt if they are aware enuf of me to know how many times I'm ordering
.Jordan Seed was the source for onion seed that is already here with some in soil in flats. Harris continues to play a big role from what I used to ask of them, 10 or so years ago. Johnny's and Jung's will be important but less than years ago. I don't really know why buying habits have shifted.
I like that I can find a fair amount from Fedco. They seem to always have honest value.
Osborne Seed isn't all that far away and became an important source not all that long ago. Usually, I'm buying onion seed plus from them. We just need the "plus," this year.
Restoration Seeds is my new source. The prices aren't wonderful but they have some things that I want that are difficult to find. Even with a big garden, there are several things that I have been growing for years and for which I haven't come up with alternatives. I consider that a flaw in my gardening but it's a little difficult to correct because some crops take up a lot of room and I don't really want to trial 2 or 3 different ones in a single growing season. But, varieties become obsolete and I have gotten myself in trouble being a stick in the mud and not adventuring beyond the tried and true. Of course, finding those has contributed enormously to my gardening success.
Steve
