Market Farming

[Jay Atkerson <jatkerso AT bowlinggreen.net>]

Jennifer:

We recently purchased buckwheat seed-- but in a fifty pound quantity 
from Albert Lea Seed Company in Albert Lea, Minnesota.  This was 
definitely cheaper than some vegetable seed companies.  The seed arrived 
in a few days by UPS.  Shipping was costly but still less expensive than 
the other sources.

We will sow later this week.  (South Central Kentucky)

Jay

Palisade Garden

Jennifer Albert wrote:

> I got two beds ready to plant buckwheat cover last week, went to the farm 
> store to get seed, and was told that there's a shortage of buckwheat seed 
> in this area (which must mean northern New Mexico and southern Colorado) 
> and there's no seed available!
>
> It usually sells for 60 to 80 cents a pound and I buy a 50 pound bag so I 
> always have some. Calls to stores all over the area (including southern 
> Colorado) didn't find me any seed, and no one had an explanation for the 
> shortage. Finally I started calling home garden centers in Santa Fe, and I 
> managed to find a little seed at two nursery centers, and they were both 
> charging over $2 a pound for it! I asked one why it was so expensive, and 
> they replied, definitely snottily, that "it's organic seed and we pay a lot 
> for it." I did NOT buy it there, but still paid $2.19 a pound for five 
> pounds, and I'm managing for now with that.
>
> Anyone experiencing a similar shortage? I'm not sure what I'll do if I 
> plant another round after plowing this one in . . .
>
> Jenny in northern New Mexico
> Zone 5
>
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