The Cheap Vegetable Gardener

Cheap Vegetable Seeds

Jan 21, 2009 cheap, coupon codes, free, seed saving, seeds

Looking at my web logs I have seen the query for “cheap vegetable seeds” a few times so figured would be good to help people find what they are looking for. Being The Cheap Vegetable Gardener, I can do better than “Cheap vegetable seeds” how about some “free vegetable seeds” as well.

Cheap Vegetable Seeds

• Buy online – You can find a much greater selection and some great prices compared to your local home and garden center.  For example right now:
  • The name is not too exciting but Generic Seeds offers no thrills packaging with quality seeds and very reasonable prices and if you spend $20 or more shipping is on them.
  • If you want to stock up on a variety of seeds Heriloom Organics has a good deal on their Survival Seed Vault which includes 25 extra large packets of open polluniated seeds, which you can recollect and replant indefinately.
  • Gurney Seeds & Nursery Co and Garden’s Alive are having a get $40 worth of seeds for only $20 as well as many varieties to pick from at reasonable prices.
• Local seed swaps – Many groups will have annual seed swaps where you enter for a small fee and/or a packet or two of seeds and you leave with much more than you came with.

Free Vegetable Seeds (pretty much)

• Ask your neighbors – Notice your neighbor is a gardener, check if they want to go in on a seed order and share unless you really need 200 carrots this year.
• Harvest your own seeds – If your plants bolt to seed early this year, don’t pull them out let them create some seeds for next season.  Notice your neighbor has some seeding plants, ask if you can get some (important part is to ask though)
• Get seeds from the grocery store – Before putting those vegetables in the compost bin, set the seeds aside to let them dry and you got some free seeds.  Though a word of warning many vegetables are hybrids and may be infertile or not produce the same quality of product but hey its free.
• Check your spice rack – Many cases you can plant seeds from your spice rack.  Some ideas, mustard seed, dill seed, coriander, poppy seed, celery seed.  If your spice rack is lacking you can pay a few cents buy a teaspoon of organic spices in bulk, last time I bought dill seeds got about 100 seeds for $0.05.
• Seed swap web sites – Below I have listed a few links where you can share seeds with others.  This is a great way to find some heirloom seeds you might not be able to find in stores/seed catalogs.  In many cases people will offer seeds for free by just sending a SASE (Self Addressed Stamped Envelope)  Just remember to pay it forward when you come into a plethora of seeds yourself.
  • http://forum.cheapvegetablegardener.com/index.php?board=1.0
  • http://www.almanac.com/swap/index.php
  • http://www.thriftyfun.com/board_seeds.html
  • http://www.garden.org/seedswap/
  • http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/exseed/

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