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The Real Seed Catalogue: ~ 2008 Season Vegetable Seeds ~ July/August 2008: Now is the time for the second sowing of the year to make sure that you have plenty to eat this autumn and winter; See our Summer Sowing Guide for some ideas and suggestions. Our 2008 newsletter is now online with lots of news about our plant trials, seedsaving information and more. Our Family Seed Collection ~ Rated 'Ethical Best Buy' by Ethical Consumer Magazine ~ Over the years we have collected together what we think are the very best vegetable varieties in existence for the home gardener. The name of the catalogue reflects what we are trying to preserve in the Seed Collection - real seeds for real gardeners wanting to grow proper vegetables. You'll find no F1 hybrids or genetically modified seed here - just varieties that do really well and taste great when grown by hand on a garden scale. Many are rare heirlooms, and all are open-pollinated (non-hybrid) so you can save your own seed for future years, using the instructions we supply. How We Are Different We are a bit different from other places you might get seed from. We grow these veg for our own use, so we know how they grow & how they taste. And we only offer what we know is really good, rather than listing lots of different varieties just for the sake of it. But most importantly, everything here has been chosen - from hundreds of trials - for a particular reason , which we try to explain in the description. The two of us write our own catalogue and our own website, so they've been written by gardeners, for gardeners - rather than being set out by some graphic designer somewhere. It may not be flashy but we hope you will find it easy to know what each variety does, how it grows, and when to sow it. We really do hope you enjoy these vegetables as much as we have enjoyed tracking them down and trying them out. Each and every one has been chosen for its merit in the kitchen as well as the garden. Our aim is to offer you the very best seed of the best varieties we can find! - best wishes for a great season from Ben & Kate (with lots of help from Cathy, Laura & Anja ) We are also offering a great home seed-saving book at a subsidised price to encourage seed-saving. Availability The collection is huge, and we grow much of it ourselves, by hand. When things have gone, we mark them Sold Out on this website. So you can order with confidence if you've checked here recently. Feedback Thanks to all of you who keep writing and emailing to let us know how your plants do. We really enjoy reading your letters and it helps us choose better varieties for the future!