Getting itchy green fingers? Now is the time to plan your plot, whether it’s pots for your balcony or a large garden that yearns to be green. Here are some of our go-to seed sources for spring gardening.
Places to Shop for Gardening Seeds in New Mexico
Lineage Seeds
When you hold a Lineage Seeds clay pot in your hands, you’re holding a bit of history. Inside – along with seeds like Dakota Black Popcorn or Turkey Red Winter Wheat – is a scroll, rolled up, and edges burned. The scroll tells you all the basics from variety to maturity, but also something more – the lineage of the people who grew the seeds before you, putting you in a line of growers.
Plants of the Southwest
Since 1976, Plants of the Southwest has offered a huge range of native plants – everything from trees to shrubs, grasses, cacti and perennials. They’re native and desert-adapted which means you’re working with the environment, not against it. It also means no or low-work gardening. In their words it’s a simple idea: trust nature.
High Desert Seed
High altitude and desert can be a double whammy when it comes to gardening. This shop specializes in seeds that can handle the erratic temperature swings, high winds, and dry conditions that we call home. It’s all about creating resilient landscapes and what’s not to love about that?
Row 7 Seed Company
Ok, this one is not local or regional, but it’s too special to food lovers to leave out. By working in tandem with many of the world’s most prominent chefs to breed vegetables with exquisite flavor profiles, Row 7 has hoed a special row for themselves in the world of home gardening. From purple Beauregard Snow Peas to Badger Flame Beets, their varieties are equal in beauty and in deliciousness. New this year: Kuroda Dawn Carrots, created for optimum crunch.
Story by Julia Platt Leonard
Featured Photo Courtesy of High Desert Seed
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