Days are getting longer and the sun is shining brighter. We are finalizing our garden plan and now it’s time to start pulling out our planters from the greenhouse nursery and start filling them with soil and seeds for early spring harvest on some vegetables and definitely early ripening of those longer fruits and vegetables that take longer to ripen. Why wait until late August and September when our goal is to have ripe tomatoes in late June and early July.
At Bahrstead’s we are thinking ahead ahead and have the luxury of utilizing our building to give our seedlings a head start. Once we get them going, we will be moving them out to our hoop houses when the temperatures stay above 40 deg F. Below are a few places to consider for finding seeds for plants you'd enjoy.
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SEED SOURCES
Adaptive Seeds Sweet Home, OR , Phone: 541-367-1105, www.adaptiveseeds.com
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Mansfield, MO , Phone: 417-924-8917, www.rareseeds.com
Burgess Seed & Plant Co. Bloomington, IL , Phone: 309-662-7761, www.eburgess.com
Burpee, Warminster, PA , Phone: 800-888-1447, www.burpee.com
Farmer Seed and Nursery, Fairbault, MS , Phone: 507-334-1623, www.farmerseed.com
Gurney’s Seed and Nursery Co., Greendale, IN , Phone: 812-260-2153, www.gurneys.com
Irish Eyes Garden Seeds, Ellenburg, WA , Phone: 509-933-7150, www.irisheyesgardenseeds.com
John Scheepers Kitchen and Garden Seeds, Bantam, CT , Phone: 860-567-6086,www.kitchengardenseeds.com
Johnny’s Selected Seeds Winslow, Maine, Phone: 877-564-6697, www.johnnyseeds.com
Jung Seeds & Plants WI, Phone: 800-247-5864, www.jungseed.com
Kelly Nurseries, Faribault, Minnesota, Phone: 507-334-1623, www.KellyNurseries.com
Natural Gardening Company, Petaluma, CA, Phone: 707-766-9303, www.naturalgardening.com
Park Seed Co., 3507 Cokesbury Rd, Hodges, SC , Phone: 800-845-3369, www.parkseed.com
R.H. Shumways, 334 W. Stroud Street, Ste. 1, Randolph, WI, Phone: 800-342-9461, www.rhshumway.com
Seeds of Change, P.O. Box 152, Spicer, MN, Phone: 888-762-7333 www.seedsofchange.com
Seeds from Italy, PO Box 3908, Lawrence, KS, Phone: 785-748-0959, www.GrowItalian.com
Seed Savers Exchange, Decorah, Iowa, Phone: 563-382-5990, www.seedsavers.org
Sow True Seed, Asheville, North Carolina, Phone: 828-254-0708, www.sowtrueseed.com
Stark Bros, Louisiana, Missouri, Phone: 800-325-4180, www.StarkBros.com
Select Seeds, Union, CT, Phone: 800-684-0395, www.selectseeds.com
Territorial Seed Company, Cottage Grove, OR, Phone: 800-626-0866, www.TerritorialSeed.com
Totally Tomatoes, Randolph, WI, Phone: 800-345-5977, www.totallytomato.com
Vermont Beat Seed Company, Randolph, WI , Phone: 800-349-1071, www.vermontbean.com