2011 Seed Catalogs - Page 2

[FarmerCathy]

Originally Posted by mattemma04 

I have been getting catalogs every week now.My only disappointment has been the price increase in the seed packets. I will be buying a lot less this year and trying to swap seeds with others.

Me too!  I'm going to buy some from Baker Creek and that's it.  This year I'm swapping my carrot seeds, they make my palms and soles of my feet orange.  Sensitive I guess.

[mattemma04]

So far my Bountiful seed catalog has not increased prices. I am going to buy from them this year.

[Owen'nZoe]

I'm starting to wonder if someone is intercepting my catalogs. I've still only gotten Fedco, and was expecting at least 3 others. I've been through the Fedco catalog so many times at this point, I almost have it memorized.

[FarmerCathy]

I've heard of people having that same problem and it was the mailman himself. 

[Owen'nZoe]

I was really starting to wonder, Kathy - especially when the first 2 catalogs I got were the plain black and white, no pictures variety. But Bakers Creek and a couple other pretty ones just showed up yesterday. Hmmm...maybe they were 'borrowed'.... ;0

Anyway, I said I was sure I'd be ordering from Fedco, but Sandhill Preservation looks pretty awesome, and they're more local to me. And Bakers Creek is, of course, begging me to order from it. I may just switch it up this year!

[kitchensqueen]

Originally Posted by mattemma04 

I have been getting catalogs every week now.My only disappointment has been the price increase in the seed packets. I will be buying a lot less this year and trying to swap seeds with others.

Yeah, price increases are hard on a budget! I love Baker Creek and Seed Savers but Pinetree is the best ever! They're prices are pretty incredible (they still sell some seeds for under a dollar a packet) and they have many of the heirlooms and hard to find varieties that Baker Creek and Seed Savers offer. In the 2011 catalog there's also a discount coupon (I forgot how much off) for referring a friend to their mailing list.  And they're a family run company, which is an extra bonus.

[northwoods1995]

Originally Posted by kitchensqueen 

Originally Posted by mattemma04 

I have been getting catalogs every week now.My only disappointment has been the price increase in the seed packets. I will be buying a lot less this year and trying to swap seeds with others.

Yeah, price increases are hard on a budget! I love Baker Creek and Seed Savers but Pinetree is the best ever! They're prices are pretty incredible (they still sell some seeds for under a dollar a packet) and they have many of the heirlooms and hard to find varieties that Baker Creek and Seed Savers offer. In the 2011 catalog there's also a discount coupon (I forgot how much off) for referring a friend to their mailing list.  And they're a family run company, which is an extra bonus.

Thank you for mentioning Pinetree. I'd never heard of them but I just checked out their site. Their prices ARE great. I wish I had known about them before placing my orders from 2 other places. I'll have to remember them for next year...or if I'm able to buy any more this year.  

[kitchensqueen]

Pinetree seeds are also really good quality - I've got seeds from them from several years ago that still germinates and does well. There's nothing like getting an envelope of seeds in the mail when there's still snow on the ground. Best kind of mail ever.