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To: JustaDumbBlonde

I told myself I was going keep the seeds under $100 this year.

Yeah right.


120 posted on 01/02/2012 6:51:22 AM PST by Free Vulcan (Election 2012 - No Prisoners. No Mercy.)
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To: Free Vulcan
"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.

122 posted on 01/02/2012 8:46:20 AM PST by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies. Plan it.)
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