subject: Where To Get Free Organic Seed Catalogues [print this page] The odds are pretty good that youve seen seed catalogues, and know someone who spends a lot of time with his nose buried in several of them. Did you know, however, that some civic groups will give away seed catalogues and seeds for free?
The Dinner Garden, for example, is one of several national organizations and movements willing to provide free seeds to people interested in starting gardens of their own. Other charitable organizations and civic groups offer free seeds to those willing to grow a row of produce to donate to food pantries and similar outreach programs. Seed exchanges and seed swap groups will likewise provide free seeds to people on request. If you find one in your town, ask them where you can grab a few organic seed catalogues.
Companies that offer heirloom bulk seeds will probably send free seed catalogues on request. What are heirlooms? Simply put, heirloom bulk seeds are varieties that have been preserved in their purity for many years sometimes for centuries. They are strains that come from a time before herbicides and pesticides, before Big Agriculture turned food from a delicious source of sustenance into a profitable corporate commodity.
Just as importantly, bulk seeds of the heirloom type avoid the potential pitfalls found in hybrid and GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) seeds, which are widely in use today.
Furthermore, non-hybrid, non-GMO organic bulk seeds can be recovered and re-planted. The chief advantage here is the ability to preserve a pure strain and to enhance the self-sufficiency of the farmer and consumer.
Once again, the chief advantage of organic, non-GMO bulk seeds is difficult to verify scientifically: The food they produce actually tastes like food.
With times growing leaner and household grocery bills getting heavier, people are increasingly looking to grow more of their own food. Some major investors, such as Jim Rogers, have said that farmers will soon replace stock brokers as financial celebrities; this means that seed catalogues will quickly eclipse the Wall Street Journal and Barrons as prestige publication. If you havent done so already, now is the time to get started on a garden, if only to supplement the household food supply and the place to begin is getting a decent assortment of seed catalogues.
