Comments on: Books! Seed! Orders arrive…

By: EtienneG

EtienneG — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:38:00 +0000

The Linux Pocket Guide is an excellent choice. I have been using it as a classroom reference in training a delivered a little while ago. Most of the time, you can’t go wrong with O’Reilly.

I LOL’ed at your comment regarding William Dam. They’re definitely not the fastest one shipping, but I have always been extremely pleased with the quality of their seeds. I would recommend them in a hearthbeat. This years I purchased the bulk of my seeds there, I will see if they hold up to their excellent reputation.

That being said, I am hoping to be able to source a significant portion of my seeds from indie local suppliers in the mid-term. We have very many good ones here in Québec (La Société des Plantes, les Jardins du Grand-Portage, la Ferme Tourne-Sol, les Jardins de l’Écoumène, etc), and I know most of these guys personally. I am relying on commercial varieties and growing many hybrids this season, but I will trial all open-pollinated varieties from these guys in the mid-term and select those that works for me. Eventually, I would love to be able to use at least 50% of locally-sourced seeds. We’ll see! :)

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By: Mike (tfb)

Mike (tfb) — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:22:17 +0000

Hey, heidi, thanks for the link. It was good, peppy and got the point across in effective sound bites. :) I like that there is some sort of practical action being promoted… I’m making my through Omnivore’s Dilemma right now, and as interesting as it is, I’m finding it a bit of a struggle…

By: heidi

heidi — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:54:21 +0000

hey mike!
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By: Mike (tfb)

Mike (tfb) — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:16:28 +0000

kyle: Cool, 5 acres sounds like a perfect size for big gardening/tiny farming, if that’s what you’re planning to do. Hope you find some useful stuff here. Where I buy my seed (I’m in Canada) is right in the third line of this post! :)

By: kyle

kyle — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:35:45 +0000

Where do you buy your seeds from? You garden looks wonderful! We are on 5 acres I’ll be back to check out what you are doing and continue learning from your blog.

By: tech_sam

tech_sam — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:00:36 +0000

Gardening and Linux…. some of my favored reading as well. We loved Micro-Eco farming, it was quite inspiring, and as we only have just over one and a half acre.

By: Mike (tfb)

Mike (tfb) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:20:35 +0000

Meg: I always think that you guys in the US have it made (well, for seed!), Johnny’s alone is amazing, for varieties, philosophy, and all their gear. Plus I’ve seen a number of small heirloom seed companies online. The problem here is with cross-border. Some of the smaller companies don’t ship to Canada (and vice versa) because of paperwork. There was some new phytosanitary certificate stuff added recently. PLUS, I’m not sure if they irradiate any sort of seed, just in case… And of course, even when there’s no duty, someoneâ€”UPS, FedExâ€”always hits you with extra brokerage charges. So I kinda stick to suppliers here…

By: Meg

Meg — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:00:31 +0000

Good mail day! Thanks for your seed company recommendations. Some time ago I was gonna ask you who you use, but I totally forgot. It’s always good to find new seed sources. Terra’s has so many tomatoes!