Seed blogs we love

The humble garden seed is often undervalued and we think it deserves a little literary love.

So much time and appreciation is given to vibrant flowers and gorgeous vegetables, but without seeds our gardens and veg patches would be bare.

Here’s a hand-picked selection of enthusiastic blogs for some seed sowing inspiration:

From Seed To Table – Michelle and Zeke ‘The Rodonator’, reveal all from their south-west facing hillside garden in California. As the title suggests this is all about growing from seed and creating meals from the produce, recipes included.

Urban Tomato – Currently posting and boasting a healthy crop from their garden! Lots of knowledge and resources available here to aid you while growing heirloom seeds and seedlings.

Populuxe – Created by obsessive urban gardener Kelly in her office in Kootenays, BC, as was her charming robot named Fred. Her blog shows a love of most things except people wearing sandals and socks. The blog is full of little adventures and interesting facts.

Renee’s Garden Seeds Blog – A blog for fellow gardeners to connect, inspire and share experiences. It’s full of photos and useful information from Renee’s 4 acres of trial gardens, where she grows and evaluates more than 200 varieties of seed from all over the world.

The Seed Ambassadors Project Blog – The project is aiming to collect, grow and save many of the worlds seeds. This blog chronicles the many stories of the seed stewards as they toil for the Seed Ambassador Project. There is lots of advice as well as info about recent seed saving events.

Bifurcated Carrot – This is Patrick and Steph’s blog all about heirloom gardening and general goings on at their 450m allotment just north of Amsterdam. Check out their post ‘Tom Wagner Blight Resistant Potato Trials’ and the video ‘Seeds Of Life: Open Pollination’ for some informative and interesting content.

Seed Snatcher – All sorts of information and facts are available at the Seed Snatcher blog such as seed histories, seed gossip and seed IDs. A wealth of seed and cultivation knowledge from all over the world.

Mr Brown Thumb – At the Mr Brown Thumb blog you’ll be sure to pick up some valuable tips on successfully growing from seed. There are some creative ideas including how to make your own seed pots.

Seeded – Jenny, the creator of Seeded says that her vegetable garden is having a terrible year, possibly due to the rabbits, bugs, heat or neglect! Keep on blogging though, it’s good to hear that other gardeners are human and don’t get it easy all the time.

Annapolis Seed – Documenting the hard work and motivation of organic seed grower Owen Bridge. From his substantial plot in Nova Scotia, Owen shares photos and knowledge from what he grows including hay, vegetables, flowers and a yurt.

Brown Envelope Seeds – Farmer and seed saver Madeline McKeever blogs from County Cork, Ireland. With a variety of quizzes, videos, news clippings, photos and informative posts this blog will keep seed savvy readers entertained for hours.

The Heirloom Seed Blog – All about “heirloom and open pollinated seeds, vegetable gardening, culinary herb gardens and soil building, with some cooking thrown in”. The post on ‘Herbes de Provence’ is a triumph of knowledge, creativity and crafted cuisine.

If you have a seed related blog or know of other seed blogs that we should mention, please leave a comment.