the main aim of the company is not to make huge profits, but instead to supply great seeds to home gardeners at reasonable prices, and to educate people about home seed-saving. Our Unique Structure: Because we have no shareholders. The Real Seed Catalogue is produced by The Real Seed Collection Ltd ~ Company No 5924934 ~ VAT No 841181938 ~ DEFRA registered Seed Merchant No 7289 ~ & have had the correct 1880s-pattern envelopes manufactured for us by a company in Wales. We designed beautiful new seed packets to go with it, inspired by the Art Nouveau posters of Mucha, Originally steam powered, ours are now run by an electric motor, & here's a video of one in action! Glues the flap, folds it over and stacks them neatly in a wooden tray. Weighing 1000lb in cast iron and brass, and built a hundred and twenty years ago, these amazing devices have been in constant use ever since.ĭesigned by Henry Cummings in 1884, it picks up and opens the paper packet, put in an accurately measured scoop of seed, To reduce plastic waste, we supply most of our seed in paper envelopes,Īnd small runs are packed by hand using beautiful brass scoops we made ourselves:īut to pack larger numbers of paper envelopes we have purchased two of the last existing Ballard-Brown seed packing machines. best wishes for a great season from Ben, Kate, Catherine, Tam, Ian, Josie & Melissa Our aim is to offer you the very best seed of the best vegetable varieties we can find! We really do hope you enjoy these vegetables as much as we have enjoyed tracking them down and trying them out.Įach and every one has been chosen for its merit in the kitchen as well as the garden. It should be easy to see what each vegetable does, how it grows, and when to sow it.
We do our own website - so it has been written by gardeners, for gardeners. Rather than listing lots of different varieties just for the sake of it.Įvery vegetable here has been chosen - from hundreds of trials - for a particular reason, which we try to explain in the description. We only offer what we think is really good, So we really know how they grow & how they taste. We don't just sell seed we're gardeners and also grow these veg for our own use at home, See the latest news from the field on our Facebook or Instagram pages.
There are sowing calendars on each page - dark green squares show the main sowing times for each crop.įor more detailed sowing plans throughout the year, we have a month-by-month guide.
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