New Members
There are a couple of very important new members for the seed network this month.
Brown Envelope Seeds of Ireland joins the list. While a couple of smaller seed companies have already joined, this is probably the largest. A special note is they are particularly interested in trades. If you have something special that could turn into a product a seed company might offer, I think they would love to hear from you!
They have a new blog as well: Brown Envelope Seeds Blog.
A Blog Called Fuggles also joined. She has a great list of beans, peas, tomatoes and peppers.
Frank in Belgium, with his website called The Vegetable Garden is also offering his seeds as part of the network. I posted recently about his new website and amazing collection of plants.
Making Requests or Joining
You don’t need to be a member of the seed network to request seeds, just contact the people directly by following the links near the bottom of the Seed Network page.
The seed network is open to anyone who wishes to share their open-pollinated, or self-made hybrid seeds. See the Seed Network page linked to above or from the front page of this blog for details. The most important things to keep in mind are seeds offered may not include commercial F1 hybrids, and if you do charge for your seeds it should be a small amount of money. There’s no preset maximum cost, but you should be thinking along the lines of a few dollars per variety unless there are special reasons why it should be more. Several people in the Seed Network offer their seeds for free.
You do not need a blog to offer seeds in this network. If you have another place on the Internet to publish a list of seeds, just send me a link and I will include it in the list. If you don’t have a place on the Internet to do this, just send me your seed list in an email and I’ll post it here.
Seed companies are particularly encouraged to join! Understand however that you will be offering your seeds along side people offering free seeds, and in addition you should read this page explaining some of the background and reasons for starting the seed network.
If you have any questions please contact me!
Thanks for mentioning us. Yes, we would be very interested in unusual varieties that would adapt well to Irish conditions. I don’t know how large the other seed companies you list are, but we aren’t even a limited company, just a registered business. There are three of us involved. Me, my partner Mike and Ruth who is here a couple of days a week. I have just started to blog http://brownenvelopeseeds.blogspot.com/
Hi Madeline, if you are three people then you are probably triple the size of the other seed companies on the list.
I’ll add your blog to my links list the next time I do an update. I’m looking forward to reading what you write!
Have I thanked you recently Patrick for setting this up? I’m heading over to Brown Envelope now to see what I can see.
Thanks very much for letting me join in and for the mention, Patrick. My first batch of seeds has reached Ian at http://kitchengardeninfrance.blogspot.com already and I’m posting out some more of my favourite pea seeds tomorrow. Someone (EJ) has asked about suppliers of parsley pea seeds in North America (preferably Canada) – does anyone have any suggestions of a company or seed exchange which might be able to help?
Hi Patrick! it’s lovely to see new people join the seed network.