Heirloom vegetable seeds chosen by gardeners.
The best vegetable seeds for the Kitchen Garden
 

~ Ltd Company No 5924934 ~ DEFRA Registered Seed Company No 7289 ~

ORDERING

BACKGROUND

Ordering Online - P&P costs etc About us
Ordering by Post Why Real Seed?
Is your order a Gift? Read Testimonials and Feedback
Paper Catalogues Seed Source Codes (OG1 etc)
Terms and Our Unique Guarantee Contact Us
Help & Problems Ordering  

 

 


VEGETABLE SEEDS

Aubergines
Beans
Beetroot
Broad Beans
Broccoli & Rapini
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Cauliflower
Carrots
Celery
Chilli Peppers
Courgettes & Summer Squash
Cucumbers, Gherkins
& suchlike things
Fennel
Flowers
Grains
Herbs
Kale
Leaf Greens for Cooking
Leeks
Lettuces
Melons & Watermelons
Mustard Greens
( for cooking)
Onions
Oriental Greens for cooking & salads
Parsnips
Peas
Pumpkins & Winter Squash
Radishes
(salad, & cooking types)
Root Parsley NEW
Salad Vegetables
Sweet Corn
Swedes
Sweet Peppers
Tomatoes : Bush Types
Tomatoes : Vine Types
Tomatoes : New Centiflor types
Tomatilloes & Groundcherries
Turnips
Unusual Tubers: Oca & Ulluco
Gift Seed-Collections
Seed-Selection Lists NEW
Useful Books
Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties

 

SEEDSAVING

Why Save Your Own Seed?
How to Save Seed
Start a Seed Circle!
Seedsaving Book
Threshing & Winnowing
Processing Brassica Seed

Drying your seed

Isolation cage plans
Seedsaving Courses

 

INFORMATION

Read past Newsletters
Give us Feedback
Browse the Reference Section
Tips for Beginners
How long seed lasts
Monthly Sowing Calendar
Guide to Summer Sowing
Guide to Autumn/Winter Sowing
Why GMO vegetable seed is stupid

 

PAYMENT



 

Refilling HP 5150 deskjet cartridges (no 56, no 57):

OK, so this isn't directly related to seedsaving. But there is a link - we print your seedsaving instructions on a nice little HP Deskjet printer, which even prints double sided. It wasn't very expensive, and works really well.

However, they are trying really hard to make serious money on the cartridges. In the past , you could just buy ink and refill your cartridge instead of buying a new one at some absurd price.

Now, with the new cartridges (that is Cartridge No 56 and 57, for the HP 5150, 5160, in fact all of the 5000 series deskjet printer), you cannot refill your cartridge! Well you can, but the printer will insist that it is still empty, and refuses to print!

Hmm. A little research shows that each cartridge has a serial number burnt into it. And the printer keeps track of how much printing has been done for that serial number, so it 'knows' that the cartridge you have refilled and put back in is 'empty'.

However, the printer only has a memory for 2 serial numbers. Aha . . .

the solution is simple:

You need to buy 3 cartridges.

  • Label them 1, 2, 3.
  • When a cartridge is empty, go on to the next one.
  • Then refill the one you just took out and store it safely.
  • Always use them in that order. Follow 3 with 1 and start again.

and this way you can refill them as often as you like. (We are on our second litre of ink, and they only hold about 13ml each)

Why does this work?

The printer can only remember 2 cartridges at a time. So by cycling 3 around,
it has always forgotten about the first one by the time you get to it again.

 



 



Our Unique Guarantee:
We think these are the best seeds you can sow.
We will immediately refund or replace if you are in any way less than delighted with them, even including the flavour of the resulting crop!

Seeds are only supplied to members of our Seed Club. Membership costs 1p per annum. When we process your order, you will be charged for
a year's Seed Club Membership if yours is not up to date. For more details see our terms and conditions.

Gardeners Should Save their Own Seed:

Because none of these seeds are hybrids, you can save your own seed for future use: there's no need to buy new each year.
Saving your own is easy. You will get great seed, and great vegetables adapted to your local conditions.
Do have a go - read the seedsaving instructions we provide with every packet, and also on this site.

~ 33,000 home seed-saving instructions sent out since 2003 ~

The Real Seed Collection Ltd is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee.
~ Company No 5924934 ~ VAT No 841181938 ~ DEFRA registered Seed Provider No 7289 ~

Climate Change: Real Seeds is powered by

- the only 100% Renewable Electricty Supplier