Giving Ground Seeds

Our farm is frost-free for about 80 days each summer. That's why we grow crops that mature quickly, store well for winter eating, or are frost tolerant. Even if you live in a warmer climate, you'll still probably be excited to hear about sweet corn or a melon that's ripe in day days!

We love offering some rare varieties that are necessary for the continuation of threatened culinary traditions from all over the world- particularly those that have sustained people in places with long winters, frequent droughts, or marginal soils.

Have you ever wanted to trying breeding a vegetable variety that is perfectly suited to you? Simply start with a genetically diverse population, select those plants which grow best, and save seed. We offer some diverse populations to start your breeding project.

Did you know crops like lentils and tepary beans use a fraction of the water, space, and soil nutrients that other crops use- all while providing amazing nutritional benefits? And winter squash can be stored at room temperature and eaten all winter- no refrigeration or processing necessary!

Seeds are for sharing. Why else would one rutabaga make tens of thousands of them? Each year we donate seeds to public and non-profit garden projects all over the country to help gardeners in need all over the country. When you get seeds here you help us continue that work.

Eat like your kids play in the field where your food is grown.

Our seeds are grown without chemical pesticides or fertilizers and our farm is no-till. Each spring we spread hay tarps on the farm to smother weeds and break down crop residue from the previous season. This is great for soil health and our air.

Every seed has a story that started long before us. As a seed company, we are particularly drawn to preserving rare varieties whose stewards were women. We strive to honor the people, places, and cultures from which these seeds come with details in the listings about those people and cultures. We also want to raise awareness about and place links to organizations and other seed companies that are helping continue the culture of origin's agricultural heritage. We are grateful for the use of this place to grow these seeds, and respectfully recognize that we do so on Shoshone-Bannock land.

Long before we loved plants, we loved bugs. As suburban kids, insects were our gateway into the natural world. We grow organically because not only our stomachs, but our souls, can't live without them. The ephemeral beauty of a butterfly or the buzzing of honeybees- pollinators are the gift we as a society take most for granted.

We can all partner with pollinators by planting the flowers that feed them. We offer western native plants for pollinators like blanket flower, super pollinator attractors like echinacea, and pollinator host plants like showy milkweed.

We are fundamentally in this work because we have big hearts. We love people and the planet and love gardening as the intersection of both. We love hearing from you, brainstorming solutions, and spreading information that could help your garden thrive via our newsletters and blog posts. And we host a monthly Q and A on Zoom so that we can connect face to face.

Find our friendly faces in person at the Ogden Seed Exchange in Ogden, Utah and the Portneuf Valley Farmer's Market in Pocatello, Idaho.