A Good Buy on Seeds

[PlayingKoi]

Starting in November, I have been getting one or two seed catalogs a week in the mail. Quite a few I have not been interested in, but others have been great. One place I buy seeds from doesn't send you out a catalog, but does have one downloadable : Artistic Gardens. Also known as Le Jardin du Gourmet, they are fabulous, not only because of their selection, but because of the price. Each seed pack is only $.35! They call them "samples", but I call them convienent. They contain enough seeds to get up to 10 mature plants, depending on the type of seed. I am fond of herbs and tomatoes. Most seed packs have so many in them that they wind up having to be stored year after year. They can loose potentcy, but more over what If you didn't like the plants? You can be stuck trying to find someone to take the extra seeds and plants. These have just enough in the pack. If you dod want more, they have a large size for $1.00.
I know that Valu and other places have seeds you can buy 4/$1.00 or even 10/$1.00, but I have had mixed results. Some were a complete waste of time, money and materials. With Artistic Garden's, I have been nothing but satified! Last year I grew French strawberries from seed! I feat I felt was noteworthy since they are listed as one of the hardest plants to grow from seed. I started them in my Aerogarden, then transplanted them in the yard.
Check out their site! I hope you will be as happy as I am! www.artisticgardens.com

[shortstuff]

Starting in November, I have been getting one or two seed catalogs a week in the mail. Quite a few I have not been interested in, but others have been great. One place I buy seeds from doesn't send you out a catalog, but does have one downloadable : Artistic Gardens. Also known as Le Jardin du Gourmet, they are fabulous, not only because of their selection, but because of the price. Each seed pack is only $.35! They call them "samples", but I call them convienent. They contain enough seeds to get up to 10 mature plants, depending on the type of seed. I am fond of herbs and tomatoes. Most seed packs have so many in them that they wind up having to be stored year after year. They can loose potentcy, but more over what If you didn't like the plants? You can be stuck trying to find someone to take the extra seeds and plants. These have just enough in the pack. If you dod want more, they have a large size for $1.00.
I know that Valu and other places have seeds you can buy 4/$1.00 or even 10/$1.00, but I have had mixed results. Some were a complete waste of time, money and materials. With Artistic Garden's, I have been nothing but satified! Last year I grew French strawberries from seed! I feat I felt was noteworthy since they are listed as one of the hardest plants to grow from seed. I started them in my Aerogarden, then transplanted them in the yard.
Check out their site! I hope you will be as happy as I am! www.artisticgardens.com

awesome, koi I am going to check it thoroughly, love gardening. Should we then start our seeds now for the late spring?

[PlayingKoi]

awesome, koi I am going to check it thoroughly, love gardening. Should we then start our seeds now for the late spring?

It kind of depends on the plants. St Pat's day is a little more ideal for tomatos and peppers, but even then you may have to transfer them into bigger pots before they go outside.
Herbs that will stay potted are good to start now. I grow lettuce on a sunny windowsill year round, even with an Aerogarden.
I am told that some seeds, like spinach or chard, can actually be thrown on the snow right now. When the snow melts, they germinate for the first crops. I tried it, but the birds ate them :o

[shortstuff]

It kind of depends on the plants. St Pat's day is a little more ideal for tomatos and peppers, but even then you may have to transfer them into bigger pots before they go outside.
Herbs that will stay potted are good to start now. I grow lettuce on a sunny windowsill year round, even with an Aerogarden.
I am told that some seeds, like spinach or chard, can actually be thrown on the snow right now. When the snow melts, they germinate for the first crops. I tried it, but the birds ate them :o

thanx koi, I'll try that.

That's cute, those birds.

[WNYresident]

There is a lot of stuff in their sample assortment. Tomatos, pepper, greens, herbs... and well spinach. More than enough to play around with in the yard..

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyolm/4426344958/" title="Seed sampler by tonyolm, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4426344958_30567b7169_o.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Seed sampler" /></a>