Flipping through their catalog makes me nostalgic for my family’s home cooking! They carry seeds I’ve never seen anywhere else, like hard-to-find Vietnamese herbs, Japanese radishes, Korean gochujang peppers (the same kind that’s dried and ground to a powder for kimchi), and dozens of Chinese cabbage varieties. Since 1917, Kitazawa has specialized in Asian seeds and their selection is vast for a specialty seed supplier (over 500 varieties of Asian vegetables, herbs, and edible flowers). This was one of the first seed companies I ever ordered from, and they continue to be an important source for many of the herb and vegetable seeds I sow each year.
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They also offer a free smaller catalog upon request, or you can browse their selection online.
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It’s chock full of seed history, growing resources, recipes, and page after page of eye candy featuring more than 1,000 heirloom seed varieties (which, if you can believe it, is only a fraction of their full selection). The flagship Whole Seed Catalog is big and beautiful (over 500 pages!) and reads like a hefty magazine (kind of like the September issue of Vogue… but picture wide-grinned farmers instead of aloof supermodels). Many of the plants I’ve profiled on my blog (like Mexican Sour Gherkins (cucamelons), Romanesco broccoli, Purple of Romagna artichokes, fish peppers, and Black Futsu squash) came from Baker Creek seeds. (Check out my behind-the-scenes tour of Baker Creek headquarters.)
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(Disclosure: They’ve carried my cookbooks in their catalog and had me speak at their events in the past.)īaker Creek specializes in heirloom seeds, many of which they grow and trial on their farm in Missouri. If you’ve been following my blog for some time, you know I’m a big fan of Baker Creek. Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds (Mansfield, MO) My favorite free seed catalogs for 2023 1. Their seeds have consistently great germination rates (more than 90 percent in most cases for me), and perhaps more importantly, they care about their customers and provide a high level of service. These are all ethical companies doing good work and they believe in promoting biodiversity in the food system. Learn more: This Is What Happens When a Seed Germinates But the first eight that I recommend are also the ones I’ve had the most experience with, whose seeds I’ve started year after year with great success.
This list is by no means exhaustive, and there are plenty of other wonderful seed companies not mentioned here. Other great seed companies you should know about.
Filaree Garlic Farm (Okanogan Valley, WA) Pinetree Garden Seeds (New Gloucester, ME)
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