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01/04/11, 10:55 AM
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Thank you ET1 SS.
Sounds like a good group to buy from.
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01/04/11, 10:59 AM
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When you form a network of old 70's era communes and modern CSAs together; to share seeds, bare-root trees and for benefits of collective bargaining [to get soil amendments, books and gardening implements], you end up with a list of committees. One for the potato shed, one for the implement warehouse, one for the catalog, one for internet marketing, one for the bare-root warehouse, one for the seed warehouse, etc. In this process you do get a few with different political ideas.
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Ultimately quite Marxist, no? The workers owning the means of production and all 
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02/02/11, 10:59 AM
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I'm too impatient for FEDCO !
Was going to do school seed fundraiser but they did not communicate well and we were "not a good fit" as "CR" put it. It appeared to be a good program. They had an order I could have adapted, but they do it and send it to you ... when they have time. My emails always had "something wrong with them", so called ... was reprimanded for my emails and for my calls ... I have raised LOTS of money with many companies in my 27 years of teaching. Have never had someone so rude respond. Says a lot for "customer service"! I will go elsewhere! Sorry I wasted YOUR TIME and MINE FEDCO ...  ::::
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02/02/11, 11:18 AM
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I heard back from Shumway and they buy about 5% of their seeds from Semenis.
Just received Baker Creek's catalog. It is a beautiful catalog. Some varieties I have never seen. May have to add to the seed stash. I do not know what their political views are, seem very, very family oriented.
Nymoo, Fedco may indeed have an agenda as posted earlier.
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02/02/11, 12:05 PM
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Was going to do school seed fundraiser but they did not communicate well and we were "not a good fit" as "CR" put it. It appeared to be a good program. They had an order I could have adapted, but they do it and send it to you ... when they have time. My emails always had "something wrong with them", so called ... was reprimanded for my emails and for my calls ... I have raised LOTS of money with many companies in my 27 years of teaching. Have never had someone so rude respond. Says a lot for "customer service"! I will go elsewhere! Sorry I wasted YOUR TIME and MINE FEDCO ... :::: |
That kind of thing does happen.
For smooth and fast customer service, people should stick to commercial seed sources where everyone is on salary and 'professional'.
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02/02/11, 12:22 PM
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Welcome aboard, Nymoo, just noticed that was your first post.
Can update, received my order from Bountiful Gardens pretty quickly. I think they were a bit optimistic on the area the packets will plant but, the varieties are all open pollinated and some of them I have never heard of before. A wide variety of seeds seems like some very good insurance. Makes me want to retire so I can garden full time.
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02/02/11, 12:29 PM
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This is a milestone year for me.
Except for potatoes, this will be the first year of homesteading that I don't have to purchase any seeds. Undoubtedly I'll end up picking up a few things at the local nursery (peppers or something unusual that catches my eye), but I've saved enough seed from last year, plus a bunch of seed I got from Forerunner, and I've got enough to plant the entire garden area.
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02/02/11, 01:04 PM
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Ernie that is a good place to be, a very good place indeed. I am thinking at least three more years before I am there. Even then I want back up insurance.
Another thing sort of in the background is to have seeds that will grow in a much shorter season than normal. Would be used in volcano year.
In the late 1800's there was a year where there was not one month of the summer where there was not snow, that, iirc, was due to a volcano.
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02/02/11, 01:44 PM
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keep it simple and honest
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I buy a lot from Fedco and from Johnnys and a couple others.
Just because one seed company has no politics in its catalog doesn't mean you'd agree with their opinions if you knew what they were.
Actually, some of Fedco's descriptions of seeds bring a smile to my face...
I agree with Texican that having both hybrids and open-pollinated is the best of both worlds...hybrids when you MUST have a good harvest, while also planting open-pollinated to continue the seed stock should it be needed as well as giving you the experience to continue with certain varieties.
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02/02/11, 01:47 PM
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I do enjoy reading the descriptions in their catalog.
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02/02/11, 04:08 PM
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Have you tried 'seed savers exchange' in Decorah IA?I can order a lot of wonderful seeds from them even though I'm in Canada.We have always been pleased how the seeds performed for us-firelite
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02/02/11, 04:34 PM
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Have you tried 'seed savers exchange' in Decorah IA?I can order a lot of wonderful seeds from them even though I'm in Canada.We have always been pleased how the seeds performed for us-firelite
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Good idea!
There are Seed-Savers Exchange groups around, ours meets 27 March this year. I have attended Seed-Savers for four years now.
We also had a Scion-Exchange group, but they merged with the Seed-Savers; so now you can do it all on one day.
Everyone interesting in gardening / farming should locate their nearest Seed-Savers Exchange!
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02/02/11, 07:34 PM
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I don't much care, as long as the seeds germinate well and aren't stingy in number.
I am testing and seeking good open pollinated varieties that will grow for me and then all my seeds will come from me; and I agree with my own politics, so I won't get offended by what I say.
A lot of the open pollinated seed that I will be planting this year has come from seed exchanges and heritage growers. No big companies involved at all.
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02/02/11, 08:04 PM
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Some TV talking head wrote a book called "Shut Up & Sing" about the political rantings of actors etc. and how they need to keep their opinions to themselves.
How about "Shut Up & Sell the Seeds" ;-)
Leave your politics at the door... The less I know about someone else's political views the better. I won't buy Citgo gas unless it's just a gallon to get to another station or walk. So many actors I just can't to go their movies because I see their political rants instead of their movie characters and then the movie is a FAIL
Gee, now I gotta develop my own seed bank... what's next!
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