Introduction

It’s that time of year: spring is in the air, and you’ve got the itch to get your hands dirty. You want to plant your garden, but you don’t have any seeds? Don’t stress—you can still buy seeds! Here are five easy solutions for finding the seeds you need to grow your crops.

Seed Catalogs

There are a number of companies that specialize in selling seeds, both by mail and online. Here’s a list of some of the most popular ones:

• Johnny’s Selected Seeds
• Peaceful Valley Farm & Garden Supply
• Seed Savers Exchange (more on this below)
• Burpee Seeds

Garden Centers and Local Nurseries

If you’re looking for seeds, local nurseries and garden centers are a great place to start. Not only do they often have hard-to-find varieties of seeds, but these stores also offer more variety than catalogs. Plus, if you’re looking for seedlings (young plants), local stores can provide much better quality than the ones in most catalogs.

Local nurseries may also be able to haggle with their suppliers and get better prices on their products—and this includes seeds! So if you want seeds at a lower price than what’s offered by online stores or even other local retailers, check out your local nursery first!

Indoor Seed Starting

So you’ve decided to start your seeds indoors before planting them in the garden. Here are some tips on how to get started:

• When starting seeds indoors, it’s important to choose a sunny spot with good air circulation. You don’t want the seedlings sitting in stagnant air or direct sunlight, as either of these can damage their delicate leaves and cause them to wilt. A south facing window is ideal for this purpose, but as long as there isn’t a lot of direct sun coming through it should be fine too. If you’re having trouble finding a spot for your plants that has enough light and isn’t too hot or cold, consider using grow lights instead!
• Potting mix should be moist but not soggy when you water it—if water drips out within ten minutes after watering then it’s too wet; if water doesn’t begin pooling on top within twenty minutes then there’s not enough drainage holes at bottom so add some more (and make sure they are big enough). Your best bet is probably just getting some soil from outside and mixing whatever you think might work best together into one larger container so that later on down line all those little containers won’t weigh down too much.”

Biennial Crops: Waiting for Seeds

Biennial crops are plants that take two seasons to produce seeds. They grow for one season, overwinter and then bloom the next year. These plants are a good choice for people who don’t have a lot of space because they flower after two years instead of just one.

Some examples include carrots, kale and beets.

Seed Savers Exchange

Seed Savers Exchange is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to saving and sharing heirloom seeds. The Seed Bank has over 20,000 different kinds of seeds in its collection, including rare varieties that are not available at any other seed bank.

The Seed Savers Exchange offers a variety of ways to get seeds:

• Membership – $30 for an individual membership or $40 for a family membership (includes 2 seed packets)
• Special Order Catalog – 10% discount on any special order items from the catalog; cost varies depending on what you’re ordering, but it can be up to $8 per item
• Gift Certificates – Mail gift certificates worth any amount!

Planning ahead will help you find the seeds you need to grow your crops.

Planning ahead will help you find the seeds you need to grow your crops.

Seed catalogs are a good place to look for seeds, as well as garden centers and local nurseries. If you’re not sure what kind of seeds are available in your area, check with the local extension office or agriculture department at a nearby university. They can give you advice on where else to look for seeds and which varieties of each crop might work best in your region.

Another easy way to get started with gardening is starting plants indoors from seedlings instead of from seed packets that are already sprouted (or “germinated”). This allows them time to grow larger before being transplanted outside into the garden. You can buy starter trays at most hardware stores or online retailers like Amazon; just make sure they have holes in them so water doesn’t pool! For gardening enthusiasts who don’t have space outdoors yet still want that fresh-from-the-garden taste without having their own plot of land (or even balcony), this method works great since it doesn’t require any additional equipment except for lights if needed during colder months for warmth/light cycles.”

Conclusion

We hope that this guide has been helpful in providing some ideas on how to find seeds when you need them. There are many online resources available, but we want to encourage you to check out your local farmers’ market and talk with the farmers there about their seed stock before purchasing online. You just never know what kind of special seeds they might be growing that year!