If you are going to store any seeds for a long amount of time, I suggest buying this from amazon https://www.amazon.com/Vegetable-32-Open-Seed-Vault/dp/B00LE4RGOE/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=survival+seeds&qid=1587755345&sr=8-3
These are packaged to last years and contain roughly what you would need for a year!
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Send me your addy and I will get the butter beans and parsnips in the mail. The butter beans were one of our favorites this year. I had to fight my 6yr old son over who got to ear more. We cook them down with some stock and maybe some ham...yummy.
The butter beans are from Sothern States and are called "Dixie Butterpea". They are a bush bean and stay pretty low to the ground. The parsnips are from a variety pack of seeds I ordered from here - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LE4RGOE/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The germination rate has been fantastic for the seeds that came out of this pack. Dave.
Seconded BlueberryRush! Save your seeds in your peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, melons, fruits, everything you like to eat and plant them!
For flowers, do you have Dollar Tree in Virginia? They sell packets of both flower and veggie seeds 4/$1. I load up at this time of year. And at the end of the season, places sell their seeds for next to nothing. I loaded up in November for $.10/packet.
I would also recommend something like this. $16 gets you a TON of all different kinds of awesome fruit and veggie seeds. I bought that bag two years ago and it seems like I haven’t come close to making a dent.
I bought this heirloom seed collection from Amazon a couple of months ago, and I love it. So far I've only planted 5 things, but I'm looking forward to planting tons more when summer is over.
Survival Garden 15,000 Non GMO Heirloom Vegetable Seeds Survival Garden 32 Variety Pack by Open Seed Vault https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LE4RGOE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_F2Q94YGAPRRFS5ERG4HN
I bought something similar to this https://www.amazon.com/Vegetable-32-Open-Seed-Vault/dp/B00LE4RGOE 7 years ago, i keep it in my freezer. I have some seeds from the package germinating under grow lights right now.
I bought a a couple of these two years ago. Still got one in my freezer. It's a good little variety. It used to be a lot cheaper...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LE4RGOE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_6lqbGbWD14959
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