6 Best Places to Purchase Seeds Online

Since we bought land at the beginning of 2020, I’ve been a bit obsessed buying seeds. After some trial and error in my desert climate, I finally learned how to make a garden work here and I’ve been on overdrive buying seeds.

Apparently, this year, 2021, has been the biggest year for seed purchasing. Companies are absolutely slammed with orders. Baker Creek had to shut down for a couple weeks in order to catch up on orders. I ordered seeds from them when they opened back up and it was less than a week later that my seeds shipped.

Seed companies are working tirelessly to get seeds out to people.

I’ve purchased and used seeds from all of the companies listed below. Take a look at my video down below that talks about heirloom seeds.

I do suggest buying heirloom when you can, as saving the seeds will be to your advantage since they should begin to adapt to your region the more you plant from that line.

Here are the top 6 places that I buy seeds from online:

Rareseeds.com

Also known as Baker Creek, they honestly do have some rare and interesting varieties! I’m always finding something new and interesting. I’ve had a high success rate with their seeds germinating.

Ufseeds.com

Urban Farmer has some amazing seeds and varieties at great prices. They also have fruit starters. I’ve had a high success rate with their seeds germinating. Also very quick shipping. They also have a huge library of information for growing.

Seedsnow.com

Their customer service has always been stellar, even during stressful times, they return messages quickly. They even got involved in a giveaway I did for my YouTube channel. I like their abundance of varieties available, as well as their packages. Like they have a ‘homestead’ package or a ‘chicken’ package, where they have a variety of seeds that are good for the homestead or good for chickens. They regularly send along a free seed packet with every purchase.

TheSeedGuy.net

I love the varieties that The Seed Guy has. I bought a lot of my grains from them as they were the only ones that had all the variety of grains that I wanted. They have some amazing heirloom packages at amazing prices.

MIGardener.com

I only recently ordered from them but they have some varieties that I’ve never heard of before which made me very interested in purchasing from them. They have high quality heirloom seeds. They also offer free shipping.

Southern Seed Exchange

This is an Etsy shop and I stumbled across them when I was on the hunt for herbs. They have amazing herb selections. They have so much more than herbs, though. They sell quite a few general vegetable and flower variations. Their seeds have germinated well and I’m extremely pleased with them.

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I tend to buy my seeds online because they’re usually of higher quality and cheaper. I’ve seen an abundance of seeds at places like Home Depot, Lowe’s, Tractor Supply and so on. However, as I said, I tend to find better and cheaper seeds online.

Be sure to start saving seeds.

You may also want to consider joining some seed exchange groups on Facebook, Instagram or even look to your local library to see if they have a seed exchange setup. Or get together with a group of friends to setup a local seed exchange!

Good luck with your planting!