This spring, while acquiring seeds for the container garden, I was quickly reminded just how expensive this undertaking was going to be. Along with nearly everything else, it seems like seeds are either more expensive or the size of the packets are shrinking.
I settled for ‘mix’ packets for things like lettuces, hot and sweet peppers, and a few other packets of middle of the road or very popular varieties of tomatoes, okra, cucumbers, beans, etc.
There’s an affordable alternative to buying retail or from expensive mail order catalogs; Heirloom Seed Swap.
Heirloom Seed Swap is a free seed swap site for seed savers. Heirloomseedswap.com is an online marketplace where, through free ads, people can offer, trade, give away, or sell surplus and/or saved seeds. A true person-to-person exchange.
Heirloomseedswap.com was created by Johnny Max and the Queen of the Self Sufficient Homestead Podcast, one of my favorite podcasts.
The site has only been online for a couple of weeks, but is already beginning to take off.
The neat thing about heirloomseedswap.com is that it offers a truly free marketplace for individuals, where rare or hard to find plant varieties can be exchanged when they are available. It’s not a catalog that only offers the same run-of-the-mill or ‘common’ varieties.
This is a wonderful resource that can benefit everyone in the gardening and homesteading communities. I am looking forward to contributing by offering seeds for trade or free.
I think this is a noble cause that Johnny Max and the Queen have undertaken and they should be commended for donating their time, energies, and money to get it up and running.
I hope it succeeds, for the benefit of us all.
Thank you Johnny and Queen!
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