The Real Seed Catalogue:
~ The 2012 Vegetable Seed List ~

Welcome to our catalogue of heirloom and heritage varieties of vegetable seeds chosen for the home gardener -
we hope you enjoy looking through it.

Our 2011 Newsletter is online with lots of information about our latest trials and new varieties.

We also have a monthly sowing guide to help you plan your gardening over the year.

About Our Family Seed Company

~ Rated 'Ethical Best Buy' by Ethical Consumer Magazine ~
~ 'Best Seed Company 2011' by The Horticultural Channel ~

Over the past 15 years we have collected together what we think
are the very best vegetable varieties in existence for the home gardener.

The name of the catalogue reflects what we are working to provide:
real seeds for real gardeners wanting to grow proper vegetables.

You'll find no F1 hybrids or genetically modified seed here - just varieties that do really well and taste great
when grown by hand on a garden scale.

Many are rare heirlooms, and all are open-pollinated (non-hybrid) so you can save your own seed
for future years, using the instructions we supply.

How We Are Different

We are a bit different from other places you might get seed from.
We also grow these veg for our own use at home, so we really know how they grow & how they taste.

And we only offer what we know is really good, rather than listing lots of different varieties just for the sake of it.
But most importantly, everything here has been chosen - from hundreds of trials -
for a particular reason , which we try to explain in the description.

The two of us write our own catalogue and our own website, so they've been written by gardeners, for gardeners.
It may not be flashy but we hope you will find it easy to know what each variety does, how it grows, and when to sow it.

We really do hope you enjoy these vegetables as much as we have enjoyed tracking them down and trying them out.
Each and every one has been chosen for its merit in the kitchen as well as the garden.

Our aim is to offer you the very best seed of the best varieties we can find!

- best wishes for a great season from Ben & Kate (with lots of help from Catherine, Anja & Kate S)

Do save your own seed:
None of these seeds are hybrids, so you can save your own seed for future years.
There are instructions on the left, under the seed-index,
and we are also offering a great home seed-saving book at a subsidised price to encourage seed-saving.

Feedback
Thanks to all of you who keep writing and emailing to let us know how your plants do.
We really enjoy reading your letters and it helps us choose better varieties for the future!