That Baker Seeds catalog is like crack on paper. It is beautiful and it was the first place I ever ordered from. I couldn't stop myself. I had to join the twelve step program for seed hoarders! 🤣

Migardener hasn't let me down in years. I have old seeds that have still gone 100 germ. I love to support a simple home shop. Their customer service can't be beat!

“This is the Seed company that gets you in trouble” with the dramatic music had me rolling.

Hello, my name is Margaret, and I'm a seedaholic. I buy seeds long after the optimal planting time is past. I buy seeds that are NEVER going to grow in my climate, (insert whiney voice here) but the picture is so pretty ! My addiction started long ago with seed savers exchange, where I found the German Pink tomato, and the old fashioned Johnson tomato. Not to be confused with the now common German Johnson. The Johnson was a red tangy tomato, full of tart goodness. Those were the good old days. Everything now is bred for sweetness.

My local public library has local seeds from the surrounding farms and the first 3 packs are free!

I have been a customer of Migardener for years, I buy more seeds from his family business every year. Great germination rates, excellent variety. Most seeds for your money, organically grown, heirlooms. I have been watching Luke garden since he lived with his parents before his family started. This man cares a ton about gardening, helping others, and ensuring quality. The seed co is so great, as it is rare, if they accidentally send the wrong order of seeds to you, you keep them and they rush your seeds to you. Grow big or go home! God Bless!

As soon as you started in on #3 I knew who it was Hahahaha I have HUNDREDS of dollars worth of seeds that are not going to save my family from starving thanks to their catalogue. One of my new years resolutions this year was to not buy any seeds from them....my $300.00 order placed in late January arrived in record time...

I really like True Leaf Market because they sell larger quantities of seed at really good prices. It’s way more economical than buying little packets if you are growing more than a few raised beds, truly trying to grow all the vegetables for your family.

I literally stayed up all night once reading the stories behind the Rareseeds. Fascinating. Then I noticed the sunrise was coming in the window! Woops.

The Baker Creek catalog segment was so on point! I laughed very hard at how many times I just surf their website and end up with even just a few random items every single time!!!!

Kitazawa Seeds for all things Asian, and Seed Savers Exchange, they always have that one variety no one else has.

I began to cry softly before you even announced #3. I keep my catalog well hidden, so no one messes up the pages of the grail. Thank you for your list! 🤣

Trade winds fruits is my second to baker creek. They have a lot of unique and unusual varieties.

For the southwest, I would recommend High Desert Seed Co. Great heirloom varieties, many of which have been grown by the indigenous people in the region for hundreds of years and are adapted to arid, high-altitude conditions

When you reached #3… I knew the exact answer, as i was the same victim. Received their catalog as a x-mas gift. Had to stop half way through because i spent way too much money. Hehehe

Started to die laughing when describing number 3!! You didn’t even mention the company yet and I knew exactly who you were talking about!! I’m still such a newbie and I shouldn’t even be in that catalog, but, every year, I can’t help myself.

You forgot the "Remember, I'm pulling for ya". ("We're all iin this together.") I used to love Pinetree Garden seeds for smaller packet trial varieties. They have a good selection of different things to try, but the days of < $.99 cent packets of seed (which were wonderful to try new things) are largely a thing of the past. They have some heirlooms, some oddities, and they offer things like dye plants and edible flowers. Many packets are still $1.99. Worth a look. Keep your stick on the ice!

Yes,I love the fact that I can get everything that I want/need from Baker Creek. Never had to wait for seeds to be restocked. Johnny's and Botanical as well!🥰

You hit the head on the nail with Baker Creek. I've ordered and grown so many interesting seeds from them.

Strictly Medicinal is great. They have an awesome selection of medicinal herbs and veggies. Their catalog is really cute too.

For people in California, Redwood seeds is incredible. Every variety I’ve purchased from them has done very well and become a favorite.

For your Asian culinary seeds I love Kitazawa seed company. I believe they just moved from California to Utah. I love Chinese Broccoli and was able to find many varieties along with some of my favorite Asian peppers. They’ve got some good stuff!

If you're in Florida, "seed the stars" is a tiny company specializing in Florida centric seeds. Made acquaintance with them the other day, excited to work with them in the future Lord willing

Years ago, on a trip to the Laura Ingalls Wilder home, I saw a sign for seed savers and made a detour! My daughter was upset but knew she would still get there! Jere was barely out of his teens, but was very helpful and knowledgeable! I was impressed and spent too much money! Still with him today!

I order from Seeds n Such too. Inexpensive for people on a budget. Tons of tried and true heirlooms. Also, of course, Baker Creek, Kitazawa, Trade Wind Fruits, even packs from Walmart. I'm an addict.

I know I can always watch some DTG when I need laughter therapy. This week was particularly challenging after losing my mother to cancer and then having cataract surgery (scheduled prior to her passing.) I nearly fell off the sofa when I heard DTG say that life is a series of…. And then you die. Thank you so much for your constant supply of humor. 🌿 I forgot to mention that I’ve had excellent germination on Daisy’s marigold seeds and I’m posting photos on her review page as they grow. I can confidently report 100% germination rates thus far on all of Daisy’s seeds that weren’t dropped on the floor and lost by me in the seed starting process. Now that I’ve had cataract surgery, I’m hoping my aim has improved enough to get Daisy’s Seminole pumpkins going.

High Mowing seeds are really good too. They offer bulk amounts and are sometimes less expensive than Johnny's.

Man, I can’t quit Johnny’s. But generally, I have a seed buying, seed saving and seed hugging problem. Sometimes when I can bear it, I plant them. Sleepless nights follow. I buy from Baker’s, Renee’s, Hudson Valley (gorgeous packets if you like to give seeds as presents and the seeds are excellent) Eden Bros, Johnny’s, Botanical Interests (you can buy potato seeds, who knew?) on and on. When the mail comes with a package in it my heart skips, mercy! what did I order now? It is truly a sickness.

MIgardener is my first choice! Great germination, extra information on the back of the package and the BEST you tube videos! Their Trifecta + fertilizer produces great results and so so easy to use. I use it on everything. And it’s a family owned business, I love supporting them.

I've been happy with Sow True Seeds the past couple years. I like their South Anna butternut squash. It's a cross between seminole pumpkin and waltham butternut then selected for flavor and mildew resistance.

Haven’t had a bad experience from anyone, yet Seed Savers Exchange gets half of my money every spring. They work for me since they’re in Iowa and it’s cool to get that regional/local line of seeds from a nonprofit organization whose aim is to protect old varieties of seeds.

In the northeast zone 5 in western NY is Fruition Seeds. Owned by a young couple who offer a ton of growing info. Definitely should check out.

I volunteer on an organic farm and the farmer buys his seeds from Johnny’s and I got to say you are right they have excellent seeds and they germinate very well. Those seeds are worth every single penny. ❤

Fedco seeds is definitely worth a mention. A must for northern growers.

I ordered rhubarb roots from Renee's Garden and they were HUGE. I like Botanical Interests too. Thanks for the info about local sources. Makes sense they would grow well. God bless!

And a good one for zone 9 and 10 is San Diego Seed Company and they have a KZfaq channel

For those in the Pacific Northwest my favorites are adaptive seed, uprising seed, and wild garden seed. Honorable mentions wild mountain seed they are in Colorado and the experimental seed network which carry seed from small seed growers around the country, also row 7 seed specializes in seed for the gourmand.

My dad and brother would have both enjoyed your videos so much. They have both passed from this world, but if they were still here, they would be top subscribers!

Hahaha. David you had me laughing so hard. I knew it was going to be Baker Creek. Their catalogs are so nice that I keep them like a book series! lol. I also buy quite a bit from MIGardener but now that they've doubled their price, I'd rather buy from Baker Creek for the most part.

Baker Creek seeds is a wonderful place to order seeds! I have amazing luck with these seeds.

I agree with the local seed place,especially for bulk. In my neighborhood we have a plant and produce store that also sell some bulk seeds which are the same seeds that they do well with on their farm. Also,they have their very own named collard seed which they developed over the past 100 years. For me,#1 is Southern Exposure because they have some great seeds for the south with nematode,disease and insect resistance without being hybrids. (My favorite is South Anna Butternut) Pinetree and Migardner are excellent for small amounts. Baker Creek-well,such interesting varieties and the catalog! Hoss Tools and Johnny Seeds if I want something hybrid or very specific.

The second you started to describe #3, I KNEW it was Baker Creek! Love them too!

Hello. My name is Midwestribeye and I'm a seedaholic. True story. I accomplished one of my Bucket Lists this summer...I personally visited Seed Savers Exchange. My poor husband was left waiting in the car...for a while.😄😂 God bless all the seed collectors. Now, I really need to order some from his daughter!

Annie's Heirloom Seeds! Small, family run farm with a catalog that has tons of information and lots of herbs for culinary and health. They sell heirlooms and organic.

Totally agree with your choices! Brijette from San Diego Seed company also has lots of choices for southern zones. I hope to save my own seeds this year.

Sandhill Preservation is a source that I have used before and been satisfied with. So many unique heirloom varieties of a wide variety of garden plants.

Seeds N Such has been a recent favorite. They carry many of the varieties that grow well here in Kansas & I have difficulty finding those varieties elsewhere. Jet Star & Juliet tomato. Castle Dome & Green Magic broccoli. Etc... Great germination rates as well.

Love your videos David! Never fails to lift my spirits 😊

Native Seeds/SEARCH - Tucson, Az

Territorial (Pacific Northwest) puts out a great informative catalog. Mary's Heirloom Seeds (California area) used to have 99¢ sales, but not since COVID hit. I still buy from Mary's and Territorial even though I am in southern Tennessee. MIgardener is great.

I loved this video ! You hit home with most of us gardeners . I like growing both heirlooms and hybrids . Thank you for sharing !

These are the seed companies we love and use regularly. If you have any favorites I missed, let me know in the comments. If you're worried about the future of your food supply, I suggest getting a copy of Grow or Die: The Good Guide to Survival Gardening: amzn.to/3vE38YR And joint the Grocery Row Gardening experiment this year: amzn.to/374Icjy

I used to use feed stores when I first started gardening…then box stores, but now more specialty heirloom catalogs and Florida seed exchanges. We’ve come full circle. Now I’m working on saving my own😎

I literally just found this video and I am laughing so hard right now. The second you mentioned "the catalog" I said "Baker Creek" out loud. It is truly a menace to society but so much fun.

Fedco is another good seed source, especially for northern gardeners.

I also love High Mowing Organics out of Wolcott, VT and Hudson Valley Seeds in Upstate NY. Great companies, seeds, and customer service 💕💕💕

Edible Acres is good for berry, bush, and tree starts. I think he sells seeds as well.

In the North East of the US I love the following seed companies. Fedco Seeds has a huge selection and tons of valuable information for each type. They also carry trees, shrubs, plants, bulbs, tubers, for growing in colder places. They have cover crops and an impressive selection of soil amendments too. Hudson Valley Seeds carries regionally grown varieties that I can't find elsewhere and grow very well in cold wet New England. They also carry left handed gardening tools. Fruition Seeds is all regionally grown organic open pollinated seeds. They also have hard to find varieties that do well in New England. They have a great education section and it is worth getting on their email list for the videos.

DAVID!!! I dug a hole. Dug up the dead chicken in the hole. Started a fire!!! I've got a beautiful bucket of biochar slush and I smell like smoke. Buried the chicken in the hole with biochar and look forward to planting Seminole Pumpkins in our sugar sand! Exciting times.

Strictly Medicinal Seeds is a great company that I order from every year

I live in the Sonoran desert. Mostly I use San Diego seed company and also true leaf market. Both have fantastic customer service and great seeds.

I’ve had good luck with seed savers exchange and high mowing organics. I also buy from your number five, number one, and you are right about number three. This year I went crazy on the bitter melon and a few other things.

And shipping is free. Oh Baker Creek! It means that I can order just one more packet of seeds! 💚

I was impressed with Dollar Seed this year! I was a little hesitant but their stuff seemed to germinate and grow well

“They probably have names like Sky, Ash and Death to Capitalism” Very few KZfaqrs make me actually laugh out loud like you do.

MI Gardener, I get a 99% germination rate, plus I love his channel. And Baker Creek. 😊

Yep I get in trouble every single year with Baker Creek

MI gardener is my go to im blown away with the germination rate and price of Luke’s seeds plus he is in my region so I am confident it will grow for the most part in my zone 6 garden.

Sweet, conscientious, caring, Luke. MI Gardener is the best place to do business! I've almost literally watched Luke grow up via KZfaq and he is the best. He wants you to succeed and I love that.

I knew you were heading for Baker Creek the minute you mentioned that catalog! I have a problem,and I love it! Trying those yard long noodle beans this year.

I use Park Seed in SC, and do the home improvement places primarily. Thank you for your videos. I've never had a problem using Burpee seeds either, and am starting to harvest more seed each year. Gardener Scott just did a video on the importance of seeds in our diet.

I live in the Pacific Northwest, Zone 6 in the Idaho panhandle and I've had great experience with Seed Savers Exchange, Annies, Snake River Seeds, MI Gardener and Johnny's.

I was going to suggest MIGardener as well. I think you meant the store that's run by PERSON-ites, LOL. The Everglades is a good, prolific tomato, and per our discussion last year, I bought Carbon seeds to try this year. 18" tall already and very stocky. They look like a good variety; thanks for the info on them.

I get seeds from the library!

I always love your videos. Thanks for making them. Keep making them.

Snake River seeds have a great selection from Joseph Lofthouse seeds and they ship to Canada which is important for me. I also loved Joseph’s book and look forward to seeing more of your experiments in landrace seeds

You are right about Baker Creek Seeds. The catalog will devour your time. When it comes time to order it's very painful. I can't have it all or even half of it so I spend a few more hours cutting it down to five or ten packets while I tell myself it going to be alright you can order more later. So I obsess over putting it in a safe place that I know I will remember where I put it, and IF I share it I always make sure I get it back. So I like Territorial too and think I would like to grow a fruit jungle.🌞🌴

Wild Garden Seed is my favorite! Many of their seeds are sold through other suppliers like Johnny's, but I order directly from them every year. Everything they produce is OP, and if you like having some breeding mixes to play around with and save seeds from, I highly recommend them.

Love your list. Agree almost 100%. I’m still learning and definitely learned so much from you.

Love your humor. Thankful for you !

Mary’s Heirloom Seeds is also great! We also use Dixondale for our onions and leeks. They are located in South Texas.

Yay Johnny’s! I’ve used most of the companies you mentioned, and drooled over the Baker’s Creek catalogue, but at the end of the day Johnny’s is a solid performer!

Number 5 is lifted with love from reading Steve Solomon. A great writer who has inspired many, particularly those who live in the Pacific Northwest and more recently Tasmania and Southeast Australia

I definitely have a problem with buying seeds.. You totallyspoke to me on the baker creek catalog issue! My husband does not understand but he allows it so everyone gets along ;) I just found Johnny's , great to hear you use and like them.

Yes to all of your choices! I’ve ordered from and love them all. I was super happy to hear Hoss Tools at the end. Their germ rates are excellent.

all great seed companies. my favorite is the sharing with friends in the community.

I have bought from Johnny seeds for years. LOVE THEM, but you are soooo right about the Baker Creek catalogs. I’m on my second year with my new, serious, I never want to buy produce again garden and this year I have cleared a lot more space so after MANY hours of exploring it I will be growing many crazy varieties such as the snake bean and wax melon, Japanese winged beans, African horned melons and more

I just discovered David’s Garden Seeds based out of Poteet, Texas near San Antonio. I just got a few seed packs from them today and look forward to trying them out.

I have such a love for Seed Savers Exchange and what they stand for. I have bought so much from them I should own stock in them by now. But seriously, I do love them!

For you south Florida/ zone 10 plus folks, you should look at sources from Hawaii. They have the same issues with weather and pests that we do and have developed some good breeds to cope and have some tropical choices as well. I have had good success with seeds from the University of Hawaii (UH seed lab). Limited selection, but cheap. Also just planted spring seeds (little late) from the hawaii seed growers network, which is similar to southern exposure....well see how they perfrom.

I've always used Burpee mainly but this year I'm also trying some from Baker Creek and Hoss Tools. So far I am extremely impressed with Hoss Tools. Super fast shipping, packaging, they even put a identification stake in the seed package for you and most importantly, I've gotten 100% germination from them. They are all still starts but they germinated first and they are outperforming everything else. I'm very excited to see what they, and my weird baker creek varieties do this year lol.

I've been really pleased with botanical interests this year. Wonderful selection, and the packets are so friggin pretty 😊

Love the jazz in the backgrouns

First year to buy from Mary's Heirloom Seeds. Love the selection with the description easier to access than a physical catalog for me. Also a wishlist where I can save my dream seeds. Beautiful, clear, colorful photography. Who knew there were so many different kinds of heirloom squash from around the world?

I love trying those weird, odd and wonderfully strange veggies. I love taking them to parties and addicting my friends to them lol. One friend took a few years to win over, but once she found carrot fly only took her orange carrots, now she only grows purple ones lol.

My dollar tree seeds did great this year. $1 per pack and they had decent counts. Turnips and spinach were standouts. I only planted them just to see if they would work, they were on par with big box store seed / burpee. I did just order MI Gardener Seeds for next year, waiting to see how the counts are before I order more.

Get seeds from grocery store fruit!!! The best canteloupe I ever had was saved seed from an HEB canteloupe bought in Alvin Tx!

I loved your list…thanks

I’ve had great luck with herb seeds from Botanical Interests.

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