Hi Boron,

Your shipping costs are attractively low. You should do a follow-up on
how well
these seeds germinate and what are the yields.

I looked at their website and although the descriptions are adequate, I
miss the
pictures of the items, especially on varieties I have never seen or grown.

It is true that many of the seed and plant outlets have raised their
prices for shipping,
of which only a small portion can be justified by the rise in fuel costs.
It seems like a
way for them to make hidden profits and force people into buying at least
a large minimum amount. I have been avoiding ordering from these
sources. If I see an
item or two of interest, I am not going to pay almost an equal amount to
have them
shipped to me.

For rock bottom shipping prices, I would recommend Pinetree Garden
Seeds who
charged a measily $1.95 in 2005 for any seed order. I have had fairly
good results
with their seeds. I find even the best suppliers are not consistent
across varieties and
years, but show advantages, on the average.

Sherwin D.

Boron Elgar wrote:

This is the time of year all the lovely seed catalogs arrive in my
mailbox and I scour the online companies to comfort me in the cold
month of January. I order all over the place, but often find the
shipping charges daunting.

Granted, the things I order are not likely to be available locally, as
I tend to crave the unusual, but I just placed an order with
www.heirloomseeds.com and was charged only $3 on a $50 order. That is
by far the cheapest shipping I have gotten among the other seed
houses.

I cannot vouch for their products yet as this is my first order, but
this shipping cost was a very nice surprise at checkout.

Boron

This is my order:

Description: Item:1 - Qty:1, (O209) BABY BUSH LIMA BEAN- CERTIFIED
ORGANIC, Price:2.50
Item:2 - Qty:1, (238) CHRISTMAS LARGE SPECKLED POLE LIMA, Price:1.50
Item:3 - Qty:2, (204) BLACK VALENTINE BEAN, Price:1.50
Item:4 - Qty:2, (241) FIN de BAGNOL (Shoestring Bean), Price:2.50
Item:5 - Qty:1, (6041) MARVEILLE de 4 SEASONS LETTUCE, Price:1.15
Item:6 - Qty:2, (67) TOM THUMB LETTUCE, Price:1.15
Item:7 - Qty:1, (6059) BLENDS - PREMIUM LETTUCE BLEND, Price:1.85
Item:8 - Qty:1, (6018) BLENDS - MESCLUN MIX BLEND, Price:1.15
Item:9 - Qty:3, (JF25) JIFFY 7 SEED STARTING PELLETS - 25 pack,
Price:3.69
Item:10 - Qty:2, (WF-1) STICKY APHID & WHITEFLY TRAP, Price:3.50
Item:11 - Qty:1, (WFM11) BIRD LOVERS MIX, Price:5.99
Item:12 - Qty:1, (WFM3) HUMMINGBIRD/BUTTERFLY MIX, Price:5.99

SubTotal: 48.50

Freight: 3.00

Tax: 0.00

Amount: 51.50