I began ordering Organic and Certified Organic vegetable and herb seeds for the year back in February. Although February seems early enough, I would have felt less rushed had the seeds been ordered in January. It took from 2 weeks to a month to get the seeds in the mail and it took considerable time and effort to organize them all by planting dates.

The majority of my seeds were bought from the Cottage Gardener. I like to get seeds locally when possible. In theory locally grown seeds will acclimatize quicker and therefore produce a better harvest. The theory remains to be tested and I will post the results at the end of the 2009 growing season. A large portion of my sprouting and micro-green seeds were purchased from Mumm's and from Johnny's. Johnny's seeds has a very large selection of micro-greens all tested and untreated but not necessarily certified organic, their prices are much higher then Mumm's. Ordering from Mumm's is a real treat, you can order 2.2lb's of seeds for less then the price of a quarter pound of seeds from other seed companies. Mumm's is also Canadian and most if not all of their seeds are certified organic. The only problem with Mumm's is that they don"t have much of a selection, but I have been told they will be adding some more micro-greens to their line-up "as time goes by". I would have liked to order from William Dam Seeds also but I got their catalouge too late...there's always next year. I ordered some rare heirloom varieties from the Seed Saver Exchange and from another small seed company in B.C.

While we are on the topic of seeds let me just say a few words about Monsanto. Those guys are the great pirates of the 20th century, complete criminals who should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!!! Seriously though, rent the documentary "The World According To Monsanto", watch "The Future of Food", or several other great documentaries on the Wide Eye Cinema web site, there's hundreds of others and many to be found on Youtube. Take it upon yourself to do the research, its not a question of; is GMO good or bad or should we be playing god, its about lies, deceit, manipulation of our government which is supposed to be representing our interests not that of corporate America, poison (Round-up), and lack of good research. Until we know more, stick to organic and non-gmo foods whenever you can. Its more expensive, but in the long run its about your health and it will be cheaper.