My Top Seed Picks at the World's Largest Heirloom Seed Store: Baker Creek Seeds
My Top Seed Picks at the World's Largest Heirloom Seed Store: Baker Creek Seeds
John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to the Largest Heirloom Seed Store in the World: The Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company Store in Mansfield, Missouri.
In this episode, John will give you a full tour of the Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Store as well as the Pioneer Village, that is an old-time village built around the seed store.
First, John will give you a walk-thru tour of the Pioneer Village, and show you inside all the different buildings and around the grounds.
Next, John will take you inside the seed store to show you around.
You will then learn about John’s top seed picks he would encourage you to grow and why. You will also learn more information about many different types of vegetable and fruit seeds including tomatoes, peppers, carrots, beets, and more.
Jump to the following parts of this episode:
02:30 tour of the pioneer village
03:01 Support me and buy a gyg tee shirt
03:54 Restaurant walk thru
05:25 Apothecary Walk Thru – Herbs, Soaps, etc
07:15 Bakery Store Walk-Thru
11:45 Seed Store Tour Starts
17:25 Back of Store with Sewing / Fabric, Housewares, Toys, and Books, etc
19:50 My Favorite Seeds
20:54 Buy the Crops You Like the Most
22:06 What variety of beet to plant?
23:45 What variety of Bean to Grow?
25:25 What I wish was labeled on the Seed Packet
27:00 My favorite Variety of Carrots to Grow
29:00 Variety of Cabbage & Broccoli & Cauliflower to Grow
30:00 Seed Packet You Must Buy at Baker Creek
33:00 Best Varieties of Lettuce to Grow
34:36 Variety of Okra and Onions to Grow
35:45 Radishes to Grow
36:29 Varieties of Sweet Peppers to Grow
38:37 My thoughts on Growing Winter Squash
39:20 My favorite Spinach for Summertime
40:45 Tomatoes Varieties
42:44 Varieties of Herbs I recommend
44:35 Flower Section
45:39 Most Important part of the Seed Store
Finally, John will share his opinions about the Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company Store and How you can request your free catalog.
After watching this episode, you will learn more about the World’s Largest Heirloom Seed Store in Mansfield, Missouri and learn more about John’s Favorite seeds as well as the Pioneer Village that was built around the Seed Store.
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Baker Creek has some seeds that others don’t (hence their address at rare seeds) but they are more expensive than many other companies and a for-profit company. I like the non-profit Seed Savers Exchange – prices are better and they teach you how to save your own seeds so you don’t have to keep re-purchasing.
Great video! Keep on doing videos like this :). It’s nice to see where some of our seeds come from and to get recommendations on what to buy. The Baker Creek catalog is overwhelming and at the same time, buying interesting seeds from them is always an adventure.
Yes like you I’m now trying more and looking for my family next new favorite.
Last season we tried 3 canolope and happy to again know our favorite is the same we have grown for 20 years and next year plan to grow a new verity but increase the old Favorite because all of my friends wants more than they got last season..
I wish that Store was close, I’d love to see it.thanks
Love their seeds. I’ve ordered several. Catalog is awesome.
I love you still! Wtg!
How did I miss this. I’m watching in 2021. Definitely getting the catalogue . I dont trust other seed companies. But if John recommends it I’m in!
international shipping 😍😍😍😍 thanks baker creek……….
You move camera too fast and too much!! It is not fun to watch video
My favorite seed store by far. Thanks for this episode! It was fun to put a "face" to a company.
John – you are definitely growing on me…so to speak. 😉
Every year I order a wide variety and colors of sweet pepper seeds from Baker Creek. Not sure what I’m doing wrong but all my peppers end up more or less the same and are all green. The colors never show up. I have a similar problem with tomatoes but with some variation. The hot peppers typically work out great. Maybe it’s an East Coast thing, and the grow season is just not long enough?
21:50 That’s what she said…
Instant thumbs down when you were in the apothecary and called the items stuff for girls and stuff for girly guys. Be an educator, not biased by incorrect societal falasies. Every one needs soap with herbs in it and at some point everyone will drink a tea. Please Respect the medicinal aspect of flowers and herbs, and what an apothecary stands for.
Great selection of unusual (as well as many standard) edible plants. They gather seeds from all over the world. One of my favorite seed nurseries.
No matter what vendor you buy your seeds from, GROW PURPLE!
Another great video! I’m an Aussie who would love to visit this place one day! Loved the tour and thanks for making it available for us far away viewers!👍
Great video, I have different seeds from Baker Creek. They are an excellent source for heirloom seeds.
Dude, they collect seeds worldwide, but grow them out for seed production in the US, they are no dummies. They don’t tell you what state, but their seed grower program is totally domestic.
The REALLY big Baker Creek catalog costs $12.95…it isn’t free. The Atmic Grape tomatoes are beautiful and delicious
Love the review..i just moved to se kansas ..i keep bakercreek catalog on my night stand..im planning on being at next years planting festival .
squirell on the roof running from right side to left at 037 lol
Love it John. Sorry haven’t been watching in a while.
i wish i could be there i live in new zealans
This is fantastic! I tried seeding before and it didn’t work for me. I can only grow in an apartment, I don’t have a garden or yard. I guess I was impatient and not great at it. I think I’m going to need guidance or diy vid to show me exactly what I have to do with seeds. I’ve been looking for organic, non-gmo seeds from US only. I will check their catalogue. Thank you so much. Blessings to you and everyone on this thread.
Great information. Thank you for sharing this tour. I had no idea how much stuff other than seeds you could learn about and buy there in the Baker Creek Village.
The beet John couldn’t pronounce is the Crapaudine beet, second from the right on the bottom shelf, hot pink and shaped like a carrot. It’s actually the oldest known heirloom seed, dating back at least 1,000 years. I think that’s just so, so cool! Our ancestors were growing and eating those very same beets back in the dark ages, and they’ve remained untampered with all this time! I’m growing some in my own garden, and I can’t wait to try them! Thanks Baker Creek, for helping me feed my family, and thanks John, for teaching me how, and thanks Josh for selling the Boogie Brew pro deluxe kit! You all are changing lives everyday. ✊
I live near Comstock-Ferre. It’s smaller than Baker Creek, but still great. Come on up!
I greatly appreciate the tour and all of the info you provided! It was highly valuable! However I do want to address the misogynistic, toxically masculine, and imperialistic comments that were made and then followed by a chuckle. I appreciate everything you provided in your video, but those moments greatly tarnished your content for me, and I’m sure other viewers. I would love to learn more from you, but if these kinds of comments "slip through your filter" then I don’t want to give you another moment of my time. You seem highly knowledgeable and passionate and I would hate to miss out on learning from someone who actually has knowledge to share.
ok I love your dry sense of humor… I actually laughed out loud when you were talking about your athletic fit t shirt that "shows how buff you are on a plant based diet"!!! lol… i get it…
Well done John, as always good advice, and gets you thinking and planning. I will certainly try one or two different plants
Squirrel!
too much empty talk.
Thanks. Never been. We are in springfield 2-3 times a year. Barring covid. Will go as soon as we get down there
Love that catalog and ordered most of next season and the Brian’s Atomic grape tomatoes
Jump to the following parts of this episode:
02:30 tour of the pioneer village
03:01 Support me and buy a gyg tee shirt
03:54 Restaurant walk thru
05:25 Apothecary Walk Thru – Herbs, Soaps, etc
07:15 Bakery Store Walk-Thru
11:45 Seed Store Tour Starts
17:25 Back of Store with Sewing / Fabric, Housewares, Toys, and Books, etc
19:50 My Favorite Seeds
20:54 Buy the Crops You Like the Most
22:06 What variety of beet to plant?
23:45 What variety of Bean to Grow?
25:25 What I wish was labeled on the Seed Packet
27:00 My favorite Variety of Carrots to Grow
29:00 Variety of Cabbage & Broccoli & Cauliflower to Grow
30:00 Seed Packet You Must Buy at Baker Creek
33:00 Best Varieties of Lettuce to Grow
34:36 Variety of Okra and Onions to Grow
35:45 Radishes to Grow
36:29 Varieties of Sweet Peppers to Grow
38:37 My thoughts on Growing Winter Squash
39:20 My favorite Spinach for Summertime
40:45 Tomatoes Varieties
42:44 Varieties of Herbs I recommend
44:35 Flower Section
45:39 Most Important part of the Seed Store
We’ve got property down there. The Amish live next door.
I love vegies ❤
Supporting you and your work! I love your videos!
I’m growing so many of the varieties you pointed out! Crapaudine beet, Pusa Asita carrot, Jing Orange okra, purple Mizuna, Ice Queen lettuce and more I can’t remember. I think if you saw my seed selection, or my garden, you’d definitely be pleased!
John ,how can I purchase walking onion seed. From you? 3704 west Bonanza Rd las Vegas nv 89107
Thank you.
Good very informative videos
Like "Disneyland for adults into gardening !" Couldn’t agree more 🙂
All seeds are genetically modified lol
That place is nuts! I can see it being very overwhelming to be in there. lol
Can I ordered this seeds and How thank you
John, I love your videos! If you ever come to CT please let me know. I will be visiting Lake Mary near Orlando Florida next month and am wondering if you have visited or know of any homesteads, gardens, nurseries, etc. that I can visit.
Nice tour! Thanks!
Hello i have watched a few of your videos and they’re very informative and i want to thank you . I also want to share with you that i am moving to the philippines with my wife who is from there . We are going to buy a 5 acre piece of land up in the mountains where she lives with the richest best soil i’ve ever seen . we’re going to grow specific types of foods and create a farm on this land . coconut , pineapple , mangoes , and bananas . we are also going have a piggery and chickens ducks turkeys and we’re purchasing a fishing boat from her uncle to provide us with the sea foods we need . Now you’re probably wondering why we’re doing all this we are actually going to produce some frozen style dinners and lunches that we are going to provide to the schools and to the public . we are completely and totally 100% against monsanto’s little mission to destroy all our foods including the poultry and the meat that we eat period unfortunately he is here in philippines taking his gmo poison and trying to integrated into the filipino culture . Most filipinos are against this and we want u provide foods the people here so that we can avoid being poisoned . i would love to come visit you and get some ideas on how to make this farm come together i do have some experience but i want to make sure i have the right experience before we dive into this next year my name is patrick my phone numbers 360 2016 0 9 5 would love to hear from you and being a commercial truck driver i do get through missouri every once in a while thank you hope to talk to you soon
Go to Nivitovka seeds.
They have over 225 varieties of cucumbers. Mind blowing!
They have an enormous beet seed collection too.
I find you talk way too much, I wanted short videos for gardening tips, will unsubscribe NOW as 4 out of 5 videos were too much talking and no tip. Bummer.. im pretty sure lots of people love you, I just found it boring