Do you have favourite companies from which to buy seeds and plants? I'm looking for organic, heirloom and grasses that will survive in Michigan ~ short growing season that can get quite hot (Zone 5). I'm already getting the itch to turn the soil and plant some new little babes for Spring and Summer.

We have bought and grown herb and garden seeds from here

http://www.victoryseeds.com/

MoonSongs said:

I'm interested in the idea of heirloom ones. I do think it's horrible how we only have a couple of varieties of most things for supermarket bulk purchases

ZombieKitten said:

and Australia doesn't allow importing seeds, right ?

BlueZebra said:

exactly
so we kind of depend on the grandmas keeping on planting each year in their veggie patches to keep them going

Mach said:

Thanks Mach ~ looks perfect!

Hey N!

I could recommend some great places in Sydney but that wouldn't be of much help to you at all!

Good luck with it.

Diva said:

You two were very much missed at Christmas this year. It was lovely to speak with Ian ~ sounds like everything is going well for you.
We have tons of snow and freezing cold here so dreams of flowers keep me from being completely nuts this time of year.

MoonSongs said:

Happy Planting

My family has always got the plant seeds,and bulbs from here.

http://brecks.com/default...1230963649

MoonSongs said:

Awww -- we missed you guys so much too. We had such a wonderful time in Michigan last Christmas and New Year. I missed having that gorgeous White Christmas. We'll have to do it again sometime in the not too distant future I hope. I'm sure you'd love have some of our weather right about now though, it's pretty hot here.

Much love to you as always.
[Edited 1/2/09 22:40pm]

I'd recommend to you the one I work for, but I think we only supply to greenhouses, wholesale, etc.

errant said:

I work for a seed/plant company too. We ship to anywhere in the U.S & Canada. I honestly didn't really start buying plants & stuff until I worked there. You're kinda forced to learn about them once you're there.

Mach said:

Thanks for the tip.
I've been thinking about planting veges in our yard.

Yes, thanks for the vitory seeds link. I've never heard of them. I'm in zone 5 in SE Michigan. I am obsessed with planting tomatoes and only choose heirloom varieties. I have had tremendous luck with Brandywines.