# Recommend me a good seed site? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 22, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-seed-site/373767 "2006-09-22T20:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-seed-site/373767/1 "2006-09-22T20:11:00Z")
Or convince me that there really isn’t a difference. I’d like to get an herb garden going again, but the local Wal-Mart doesn’t have any more seeds. Does anyone know of any fantastic websites to buy seeds from? ---
**Author:** ![Godfrey\_Daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Godfrey\_Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godfrey_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-seed-site/373767/2 "2006-09-22T20:20:56Z")
[Herbs](http://www.goestores.com/catalog.aspx?StoreName=premierstarcompany&DeptID=46410&page=1) ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-seed-site/373767/3 "2006-09-22T22:05:57Z")
Two I like, because they have stuff you won’t find at Wal-Mart: [Hirt’s Gardens](http://www.hirts.com/) [Cook’s Garden](http://cooksgarden.com/) ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-good-seed-site/373767/4 "2006-09-22T22:24:02Z")
My favorite, because of their extensive variety, great germination rates, in-depth knowledge they’re willing to share, and because the owner still answers the phone himself 9 times out of 10: [http://www.horizonherbs.com/](http://www.horizonherbs.com/) Yes, their focus is on medicinals, but they also have much of the yummy and pretty stuff.