I told myself I was going keep the seeds under $100 this year.
Yeah right.
I hear ya. At my local feed store, $100 could plant enough for a small town to eat. She charges $0.60 for a good-sized scoop of seeds (equal to several packets). She only charges $3.50/lb. for most of her pea, bean, turnip, etc. seed.
Some of these catalogs I have want $5-10 for a packet of 20 seeds.
Last year I paid $240 for a 25 lb. bag of sweet corn seed, but a 50 lb. bag of purple hull pea seed was only $85. I order these things through our farm seed distributor and put any leftovers in a freezer.