Derald wrote:
songbird wrote:

also check out local hardware stores or
other stores nowadays. even the dollar stores
have seeds sometimes.

Same brand (Ferry-Morse); same seeds; same lot number; same quantity;
pre-priced (printed as part of the label): Home Depot, 97¢; Sherwood's Nursery,
$1.75. The only other difference is the product illustration. I'm all for
supporting local small business, and do so, but nearly twice the price is kind
of jaw-tightening.

there were some christmas lima beans i was
eyeing on a display last fall for almost $4/pkg.
i was hoping to pick them up later on but right
when i decided to finally ask the hardware store
folks if they'd let them go for less they removed
the display (it'd been there for months). they
still have a basket of seeds from last year for
20cent each. that's my preferred way of picking
up "extra" or new things to try besides trading.

in the other thread you mention having to drive
120 miles round trip to buy a supply of crowder
peas to plant? why don't you let a few plants dry
out and use those seeds instead? it doesn't sound
like you are short on space. if you get to the
green pod stage you're not far from viable seeds
even if you have to take the plants up and hang
them to dry. i harvested some pods from most of
the beans i grew this season and dried them on
trays for a few weeks/months before shelling them.
these have sprouted fine later.


songbird