where to find seeds?

[bobobb.livejournal.com]

Does anyone know where I can find tomato, basil and hot pepper seeds this time of year? Or alternatively, does anyone have some remainder seeds from last year that they would be willing to give or sell me for a reasonable price?

I looked at Tags in Porter, but they had a random stock of seeds, none of the kind I am looking for.

Comments

[ron_newman]

I'd ask at Pemberton Farms.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Pemberton Farms doesn't re-stock their seeds past earlyish summer. I had a conversation with them about it once. It's pretty annoying given how many things can be planted around here later than that.

In any case, as for hot pepper and tomato, one option to get some and seed them yourself. It's a bit of a process with tomatoes, but not too big a deal.

[squirrelitude]

I'll second the bit about collecting seeds from produce you buy, except in the case of tomatoes: It's hard to find good tomatoes to start with! Maybe at a farmer's market...

[ron_newman]

At this point the tomatoes in a farmer's market are going to be from hothouses, and this week is the last farmer's market anywhere until the spring.

[alphacygni]

Mailorder is the most useful way this time of year, but Pemberton is a good idea. I have lots of remainders from last year I'd share, but I'm about to be out of town for a week.

[kpht.livejournal.com]

ikea has basil in those little pots with dirt already in them. i may have a pepper mix but i'm up in gloucester :(

[thespian.livejournal.com]

Dave's has a small selection of locally sourced seeds.

[ceelove.livejournal.com]

I have leftover basil and tomato seeds, of which you could have a smallish number.

[squirrelitude]

You're asking about local sources, right? (If not, I can recommend a small mail-order seed company that my dad used to own.)

[secretlyironic.livejournal.com]

The place in Union Square -- Ricky's, I think -- might have some.

Failing that, try the Seed Saver's Exchange online - they're basically a giant archive of heirloom seeds.

[latvianchick.livejournal.com]

Dave's Fresh Pasta has a selection of Johnny's Selected Seeds. Or you can just mail order at Johnny's - they are very fast shippers.

[starry83.livejournal.com]

Also, if you have a car, you might try one of the Mahoney's garden centers. I think the closest is on Route 3 in Winchester.

[magpie-leah.livejournal.com]

There's a Mahoney's in Brighton but I went there a couple of weeks ago looking for herb garden seeds and it was slim pickings. There were just some random seeds left. I ended up ordering from burpee.com.