Heritage & Heirloom Organic Seed Catalog 2009
Welcome to Salt Spring Seeds’ website and online heritage and heirloom seed catalog.
Due to Customs Regulations we regret we can no longer ship orders to the United States. If you are in the USA check out Bountiful Gardens or Fedco.
Frequently Asked Questions
Our most frequently asked questions have to do with growing and saving the seeds of our speciality crops. If you go to the menu on the left and click on All About Tomatoes, Peppers, Peas, Beans, Quinoa and Amaranth, you are likely to find the information you are looking for!
We also have explicit short videos of friends and myself harvesting and processing seeds of many of our crops. Check them out!
Photo Courtesy of John Cameron
This is our 22nd year of supplying seeds to farmers and gardeners, promoting organic growing, and encouraging people to save their own seed. We believe we carry lots of very special grains, beans, vegetables, herbs and flowers, and we hope you will agree with us!
All our seeds are untreated, open-pollinated and non-GMO. We grow all our own seeds and sell only our most recent harvest. As is true again this year, we write the printed and online catalogues in December after we've cleaned and evaluated all our seed crops from the year before. December is also the month when we package the seeds. Most of our seeds are mailed from mid-January to mid-May but we fill orders year-round and usually within a day or two of receiving your requests.
Certified Organic? This catalogue comprises seeds from ten gardens and farms. All seeds are organically grown but only two farms are officially so. Varieties that are certified organic are indicated as such.
Read some of Dan's articles about seeds, biodiversity, and the state of the world.
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This online seed catalogue is a much-expanded version of our printed one. I've included information and personal comments that would be too expensive to print on the 7000 copies we mail out. We also list some varieties here that we have in limited amounts because we can indicate when they are sold out. We'd be happy to mail you the printed seed catalogue for $2. We are also happy to answer your phone calls but we don't accept orders over the phone. For 2009, our method of payment is still a cheque or money order through the mail or PayPal online.
I recently had a documentary done on me-Gardens of Destiny with Dan Jason
Read more.
View Our Seed Talk Photo Slideshow
The Seed and Plant Sanctuary for Canada is a project that grew out of Salt Spring Seeds. We are starting to have a cross-Canada network of members. There is more information about the Sanctuary at www.seedsanctuary.com
This year we again have a special section, Seed Sanctuary Offerings, that includes varieties that are not in the catalogue. Proceeds from the sale of these cultivars will go to support the ongoing work of the Sanctuary.
Thank you for supporting small agriculture. Best wishes for happy sowing and great growing in 2009!
Dan Jason
Neat Findings
- View Our Seed Talk Photo Slideshow
- I'm mentioned on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Feel free to add to my bio if you know something that isn't mentioned.
- We have signed the Council for Responsible Genetics' (CRG) safe seed pledge.
- Raven has created some great Seed Saving Videos. Check them out!