FYI Lots of Seeds are already selling out

I almost always buy very early, like in the fall but there were some things I needed to pick up for this year.

I looked online and I am shocked at the seed and plants being SOLD OUT already.

Seriously if you need anything DO NOT wait until spring.
Spring fever is already hitting people and in addition to that people are now growing to supplement their food due to the high prices everywhere.

Remember there are other ways to get some seeds too, buy organic produce and collect it.
Barter with friends, a lot of packages have way more than what a normal backyard gardener can use.
EBay has been a great source for me. I’ve had terrible luck with Etsy for some reason, same with Amazon.

Good luck we are all going to need it.

a reply to: JAGStorm

Thanks for the tip, dont have much room right now, but hope to move into a house this spring.

Ill go ahead and get some and have them ready.

a reply to: JAGStorm

Any supermarket spuds that start sprouting go straight into the garden and I have planted some store-bought ginger and planted that which is sprouting, same with the garlic If you can score old solar panels you can solder new diodes in because that is what usually gives out in scrapped ones. Old truck batteries come back as good as new with battery revival as long as there is no internal damage. You can boil them with an arc welder to clean the plates but that's more technical.If you want wood for free if you can be stuffed taking old pallets to bits that's a great source of free wood to bear in mind as well. Some are exotic hardwoods that make great furniture.

originally posted by: JAGStorm
I almost always buy very early, like in the fall but there were some things I needed to pick up for this year.

I looked online and I am shocked at the seed and plants being SOLD OUT already.

Seriously if you need anything DO NOT wait until spring.
Spring fever is already hitting people and in addition to that people are now growing to supplement their food due to the high prices everywhere.

Remember there are other ways to get some seeds too, buy organic produce and collect it.
Barter with friends, a lot of packages have way more than what a normal backyard gardener can use.
EBay has been a great source for me. I’ve had terrible luck with Etsy for some reason, same with Amazon.

Good luck we are all going to need it.

I made a post on this about a month ago. Last year, I couldn't get any of the seeds I wanted so I tried to warn everyone in my recent post to get their seeds very early. Thanks for the thread.

I have already purchased all the seeds I will be using this year. Got some through Rare seeds, Etsy and Amazon. It's no longer 'one and done' when shopping for seeds. You have to go to a variety of sources. But when I browse through fun stuff every once in while now, I see lots of 'out of stock' items. Of course, this is the heirloom quality which are 99% of what I use.

And here I am once again a day late and a dollar short.

We just moved into this place last summer, we have plans to put in some garden space in the spring.

I'm a wee bit old to be on the ground so I was hoping to go with raised beds... But hot damn is that spendy! Might as well be building a greenhouse at these prices... Which would really help out the growing season this far north

Harvested all my own from my plants last year, as this is something we have been talking about for the last couple of years.

Actually, had a tomato plant show up in the middle of my front yard last year, so I definitely wanted seeds from that hardy bugger.

It is only going to get worse, with plants that won't produce viable seeds, so start harvesting your own.

I have more pepper seeds, in several varieties, than I know what to do with, but maybe I can help someone out this year, or swap for something else.

a reply to: JAGStorm
Question. 200 years ago where did farmers get their seeds from? Learn that lesson. Don't rely on others for your next crop.

originally posted by: crayzeed
a reply to: JAGStorm
Question. 200 years ago where did farmers get their seeds from? Learn that lesson. Don't rely on others for your next crop.

Ummm...that's why heirloom seed choices are the best...let some of your plants..."go to seed"...and then harvest the seeds for the next season...


YouSir

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We do our garden in buckets .. got a bunch from local marketplace posts on FB from people planting trees for a company.. but I’m sure Home Depot etc have ones that you can buy to get started and add to yearly — we started doing it when we realized we were getting too old to till the garden and get on the ground to do things about 5 yrs ago ..it has worked out great! Plus we only water the containers so it saves on water also ..

We expanded the garden last year and I would like to again but I doubt that will happen because we have had some health concerns that have slowed us up some recently .. but I want to try potatoes this year to see how it goes and if I want to do more next yr.. I can squeeze in a couple more buckets for that i think

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Cool topic got to ask though as stock prices on "seed" trend upward. Is it possible the seed shortage itself is being manipulated instead of happening organically PTP?
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originally posted by: crayzeed
a reply to: JAGStorm
Question. 200 years ago where did farmers get their seeds from? Learn that lesson. Don't rely on others for your next crop.

You don’t know anything about farming then,
Farmers have ALWAYS shared their seeds because it helps their crops…

a reply to: putnam6

Cool topic got to ask though as stock prices on "seed" trend upward. Is it possible the seed shortage itself is being manipulated instead of happening organically PTP?

Yes but demand is higher too

originally posted by: JAGStorm
a reply to: putnam6

Cool topic got to ask though as stock prices on "seed" trend upward. Is it possible the seed shortage itself is being manipulated instead of happening organically PTP?

Yes but demand is higher too

YEP supposedly it's off the charts, my sister does a little growing IIRC she initially got all of her seeds from local farms. I'll have to ask if she uses their own heirloom seeds now.

a reply to: JAGStorm
Give me a break. That is not what the OP was about. Yes earlier farmers AND their farming friends kept their own seeds and did swop them with other farmers. But you're on about buying seeds from suppliers/ Monsanto and my post stands. keep your own seeds because you know for certain the provenance, buy seeds from suppliers you lose that "where have they come from, have they been altered scenario".

originally posted by: crayzeed
a reply to: JAGStorm
Give me a break. That is not what the OP was about. Yes earlier farmers AND their farming friends kept their own seeds and did swop them with other farmers. But you're on about buying seeds from suppliers/ Monsanto and my post stands. keep your own seeds because you know for certain the provenance, buy seeds from suppliers you lose that "where have they come from, have they been altered scenario".

How do you know who I buy from?

I have been growing organic and non-gmo for over 40 years.

Do you not know there are seed sellers online that offer NON gmo, heirlooms?

a reply to: JAGStorm
Again! How do I know who I buy from, eerr, let me think. It's in your op. First look online then but from Amazon, Etsy and Ebay.
Yeah I used to believe the BS of suppliers, the net is chock full of liars and charlatans.

originally posted by: crayzeed
a reply to: JAGStorm
Again! How do I know who I buy from, eerr, let me think. It's in your op. First look online then but from Amazon, Etsy and Ebay.
Yeah I used to believe the BS of suppliers, the net is chock full of liars and charlatans.

This is what I’ve said

I’ve had terrible luck with Etsy for some reason, same with Amazon.

Maybe I should elaborate, I wouldn’t buy my seeds from Etsy or Amazon. I do buy a lot of seeds online because what I’m looking for isn’t often available locally.

Yes I’ve had great luck from EBAY which is often backyard gardeners and small hobby farms. I even found some heirlooms that were passed down from an Iowa farm for 150 years. It was a strain of marigolds that I’ve never seen before and grew so tall and were very very fragrant (not a good smell but keeps bugs off of other plants) A lot of the newer hybridized ones aren’t as fragrant like the old strains.

I get all my seeds at the local feed store. I have enough from last year to make it this year. What i buy this spring will be for next year. I do try to grow only heirloom for most everything and i do save the biggest and the best plants to collect seeds for the next year. I always manage to have enough on hand for several years. So far i have never seen any shortages at the feed store.

a reply to: anonentity

idk about pallets as some are sprayed down with pesticides

a reply to: JAGStorm

Where are you buying seeds from? PM me if you want, but I live here in the PNW and except for a couple of varieties, haven' that any issues getting what I want.