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Hello,

I'm a frequent lurker of t.gardens (more infrequent with the cold months),
so I thought I'd pop out with a request for opinions on where to buy seeds.
Specifically, vegetable and herb seeds.

I had a very successfull first-time gardening experience last Spring and
Summer. I grew a couple variety of tomatoes, cucumbers, jalapenos and bell
peppers. All started from seed that I purchased locally. I am planning to
expand to other veggies this season. I also worked with some herbs,
although only a few started from seeds; most were purchased plants from the
local nurseries. But I'd like to try more from seed, as there seems to be
more variety available that way.

I am curious to know what the difference is between buying seeds locally
vs. via catalogs. I sense from other gardening folks that there is
excitement about receiving gardening catalogs and putting in their seed
orders through them. I've looked at various on-line vendors and I see
basically the same thing that I can get locally. I read about some folks
going with vendors that provided seeds that grew quality produce, which
makes sense - but I felt I had a great turn-out last year with the seeds I
used. Since I'm branching out to other veggies, I'd like to continue my
success rate and find out what's the best way to start...and just finding
out generally why people like one over the other.

I appreciate any information,
Cindy 'the novice gardener'