Maine Seed Companies - Buy Local - Tested & Tried!

It is time again to start thinking about your garden, and there are many things to do!  The biggest thing that I have learned is  BUY LOCAL, buy and support your local economy.  Buy seeds that are from your area, seeds that have been tested, tried and adapted to your climate.  Try to buy organic or  natural process but never modified and better yet save your seeds, participate in a seed swap, not many of them exist in Maine, so start your own, or contact MOGFA for their annual seed swap meet for next year's date. 

Until I started this blog I had only heard of "johnny's seeds" located in Maine and I never heard of the others in our great State, so please visit these sights as well. 

allensterlinglothrop.com - allen, sterling & lothrop - falmouth, me - specializes in seeds adapted to the climate in northern new england. maine's oldest seed company.

fedcoseeds.com - waterville, ME - We are a cooperative, one of the few seed companies so organized in the United States. Because we do not have an individual owner or beneficiary, profit is not our primary goal. Consumers own 60% of the cooperative and worker members 40%. Consumer and worker members share proportionately in the cooperative’s profits through our annual patronage dividends. This seed company is right in my own back yard and I didn't even know it until this blog. I will be looking at their catalog a little more closely, again I truly believe we should stick to local for the bulk of our product,if not the saving of our own seeds.

http://www.lookfar.org/agriculture.html - teltane farm - monroe, me - Teltane Farm Produces; certifiable grade & Maine nursery licensed Seed & Tablestock Garlic. We also serve the midcoast Maine markets and pre-order direct to consumers with a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. Rather than certify, we prefer to "Green Pledge" all of our crops based on non-toxic and lasting soil fertility practices which focuses on soil and crop nutrition using composts, rock powder minerals, and biologically enhanced foliars.

johnnyseeds.com - winslow, me - my personal favorite. I think everyone should find a local seed company, a garden shop, in your area and befriend them. Not only does it support your local economy but who knows best as to what grows in your area than they do. They are full vegetable, herb, flower seed catalog and internet store.

This is on my bucket list of things to do.

Johnny's Farm Tours

Johnny’s farm is located on Foss Hill Road in Albion, Maine, a farm community 10 miles east of Waterville, Maine. Our trial fields are open to guests for self-guided tours from July through September. The farm is open daily, Monday through Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Johnny’s provides an informational, self-guided tour packet complete with a map to help guests navigate.
Download self-guided tour guide here (.pdf).

Or, if you wish to arrange a guided group tour of our facilities, please call our Retail Store at 207-861-3999.

http://www.mainepotatolady.com - the maine potato lady - guilford, me - organic seed potato, fingerlings, onion sets, shallots and garlic.

https://www.superseeds.com/ - pine tree garden seeds - new gloucester, me - container seeds, herb seeds, flower seed, grass and cover seed, tobaccos and sprouting seeds.

http://www.sweetpeagardens.com/ - sweet pea gardens - surry, me - specializes in sweet peas, annual and perennial.

http://www.veseys.com - vesey's seeds - calais, me - specializes in short term growth season, certified organic products, custom seed packages, flower seeds, herb seeds, vegetable seed.

http://www.woodprairie.com/ - wood prairie farm - bridgewater, me - organic potato, vegetable, cover crop, herb seed, organic grains and flowers, organic baking mixes, organic aged cheese and more!

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Maine Seed Saving Network

PO Box 126
Penobscot, ME 04476
(207)326-0751
No web address.

Devoted to preserving and sharing heirlooms, this organization hosts an annual seed swap each spring, and serves gardeners and organic farmers in Maine and the Northeast.

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http://www.mainepumpkins.com We are the Maine Growers Organization. MEPGO is an organization whose mission is to unite the growers of giant pumpkins within the state of maine, to extend the sharing of knowledge and experience, and to promote the hobby of growing giant pumpkins for competition and personal satisfaction within the State of Maine and throughout the world.