The thing that bothered me about the seeds kits I saw online was that they usually included varieties that only grew well up north. They weren't packed with the hot humid summers and somewhat mild winters of Alabama in mind (no great overwintering plant varieties). They weren't selected with the 4-season harvest garden in mind (little Elliot Coleman inspiration there). And either the kits were low variety count or else huge survival seed vault kits. Don't get me wrong, you can grow a pretty awesome garden with this kit, and you can save the seeds for a long time, but the intent here is to start a perpetual garden with a fairly large variety of seeds but low volume of each seed type for a fairly average sized garden. I DID want to follow the survival seed mantra of long term seed storage though, simply because every time I've ever bought a pack of seeds in the past, I've never planted them all, so if it comes in packaging that offers long term storage, then GREAT!.
Anyhow, this kit is over 20 varieties open-pollenated heirloom veggies and herbs that will grow well in most areas of the USA, so check it out and see what you think. They're packaged in used cigar boxes (just love cigar boxes), so would make a cute gift. The individual seed packs are packed in paper then collectively packed in a double Mylar bag to make it moisture and light proof, then a desiccant is packed in each bag to keep moisture levels low enough for freezing, thus you can achieve much longer seed storage.
Anyhow, I'm excited. Check it out and let me know what you think. Opened a new store on big cartel: http://southerngreenliving.bigcartel.com/
