Garden Planning: Time for Organic Seeds
January 16, 2008 by Jennifer
Yikes, it’s early to garden, I know. But, soon enough you’ll need to plan your early spring starters. Plus, there are plenty of plants and herbs to grow indoors, year round. In either case you’ll need seeds.
Organic seeds are the way to go as most offer the following:
- GMO-free (i.e. not genetically modified)
- No chemicals added.
- Buying organic seeds from companies or farms supports the organic movement as a whole.
- Many organic seed companies have, or are, introducing organic seeds that are breed to fare well in organic growing conditions.
- The most obvious point – if you’re into organic gardening; why start with a non-organic seed?
There are all sort of places to find organic seeds. Some place sell conventional as well. It’s a better plan to support an entirely organic organization. Here’s where to get real organic seeds with no hassle.
To learn more about organic seeds visit the Organic Seed Alliance. If you happen to live in the Pacific Northwest like I do, you may be interested in the Organic Seed Alliance’s, Organic Seed Growers Conference. It’s coming up – February 14-15, 2008. I’d go, but they’re holding the conference in the one and only town in Oregon I don’t like. Too bad though; it sounds very cool.
Interesting. I’ve never considered organic seeds. I don’t have a garden right now, but I’ll look into when I do.
It’s never to early to garden. My favorite is Seeds of Change. I’ve been working on my seed order this week:)
I use organic seeds, or seeds I’ve saved whenever possible. There’s always a few really cool novelty or unusual seeds I have to add to the mix.
I like Seeds of Change but not who owns them; M&M/Mars bought them out a while back. For those trying to maneuver outside the realm of megacorporate control, that could be a problem. I like Seed Savers Exchange a little bit better; not only do they have a selection of organic seeds, they are also working diligently to preserve heirloom varieties. And hey, even if the particular variety they sell isn’t organic, it’s useful to buy the seeds anyway, grow them, let a couple plants go to seed and presto, now you’ve got organic seeds from that variety you can plant next year!
I’ll be sitting over here vicariously enjoying other people’s garden stories. I have no yard. *sob*