Comments on: Seeds for Cold Climates

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:44:52 +0000

Thank you for the information. I added Denali Seeds to Cold Climate Merchants and I added the Agriculture and Horticulture department of Alaska Cooperative Extension to Cold Climate Information.

By: AKgardens

AKgardens — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:08:50 +0000

I know this post is some time after the fact, but http://www.denaliseed.com has very good cold climate seeds. All are tested in Alaska, and quite a few were ‘breed’ to perform well in Fairbanks. Another good site is http://www.uaf.edu/ces/mastergardeners/ Both sites have really wonderful people that are happy to work with different requests. Hope this helps…

By: Fiona Tod

Fiona Tod — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:17:43 +0000

Hi all, I live on Bornholm (an island in the middle of the Baltic Sea). Our snow has disappeared now and our temperatures have been above zero for the last two weeks, so I’m pulling on the gardening gloves. I’ve just placed an order with Impecta based on Mari Ann’s recommendation. I’ll keep you posted.
Cheers and keep up the good work,
Fiona
.-= Fiona Tod´s last blog ..Carpets of wild garlic =-.

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Edible Blue Honeysuckle: A Fruit for Cold Climates — Cold Climate Gardening — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:07:21 +0000

[...] first introduction to Clayton was his comment on my post about cold climate seeds. On his recommendation I checked out the links in his sidebar. [...]

By: Joan Bailey

Joan Bailey — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:33:27 +0000

How about checking out nurseries and garden stores in Norway? Initially, I had a hard time here in Japan, but I’ve gradually found some good local sources. I imagine my resource list will keep growing of local shops or national companies where I can get some things. Package labeling can be a problem – I’m still pretty illiterate in Japanese – but the pictures are quite helpful. It’s been a great excuse to chat up other gardeners, too.

By: Mari Anne

Mari Anne — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:55:46 +0000

I am sorry, I missed out that the question was about vegetable. Vegetable seeds are available but most of us order from Impecta.se They are cheeper and have a far better collection to choose from. If your reader is still there, put her in contact with me. (mari_braekkan at yahoo.no) We gardners are in hibernation untill april.

By: Amanda Legare

Amanda Legare — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:01:46 +0000

Territorial Seeds also comes to mind – for short season seeds.

By: Clayton

Clayton — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:39:09 +0000

Hi Kathy and thanks for the good word. I am not a big “veggie” fan as that is mostly my wife’s domain but I do get the catalogs and try to keep up with what and where. I think we here in Saskatoon and North Central Saskatchewan are probably a good match for the Norway growing conditions and our own shorter season tends to be quite demanding.
Another option for seeds is to get on GardenBuddies as there are many good “sharing” opportunities for small quantities of seed.
Hopefully everything you tried was still “alive”.

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:20:04 +0000

Wow, Clayton! You seem to have a lot of good sources in that sidebar of yours.

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:19:05 +0000

Well, I would think that, too. But I got the impression that the writer of the email wasn’t native to Norway, but was living there for an extended stay, and it may be she wasn’t able to communicate with the local people or hasn’t met many yet.