dont buy livingston seeds.

[mopinko]

i was just at my favorite hardware store. while i was waiting for them to cut some keys for me, i looked over the rack of seeds.
$2.99/pack. i felt them. almost nothing in the packets. 1 was for a 3 color sunflower mix, and there were 3 seeds in it. same w swiss chard mix. 1 seed per color in the mix.
🙄🙄😤

bad enough that i complained. they’ve had this co forever, but they need to switch.
out of character for them. the kind of place where u might pay a little more, but things r always high quality.

[biophile]

1. Sometimes local garden clubs or county extension centers have seed swaps

You are right that seeds are just too expensive for common plants.

[mopinko]

2. i just put in an order w seed savers.

i try to support them anyway.

[Trueblue Texan]

3. I agree!

I bought some last year and had the same experience. In fact, lots of national brands do similar. I was at our local co-op with a friend, 86 years old, btw. There was a package of spaghetti squash seeds from a national brand for $4.69. Very few seeds in it. I browsed over to the bulk seeds...sure enough there were bulk spaghetti squash seeds...like $32 a pound. I scooped out a nice sized scoop--at least 3 or 4 times the amount in the package of seeds. When I got to the checkout, the clerk weighed them--I paid 69 cents for those seeds. If you've got a co-op or other place in town that sells bulk seeds, that's the way to go!

Also you might be surprised how many crops you can get out of plain kitchen waste. I've got potatoes, eggplant, peppers, squash, zinnias, and LOADS of volunteer tomatoes coming up in my raised beds from tossing kitchen waste in there over the winter. Some of them will be productive, some will not, but most will yield some kind of produce, even if it's not true to the one purchased originally.

I forgot to say that my 86 year old friend never knew you could buy seeds in bulk and so cheap and she's been around the garden a few times!