Are You Set for Spring? A Big Giveaway From Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds!

Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a sucker for seeds. Lots and lots o’ seeds. And one of my favorite suppliers of seeds is a small heirloom house called Baker Creek, headed by Jere Gettle and his wife, Emilee. They’ve been a big supporter of Garden Betty since the beginning and have sent me…

Linda Ly

Written by Linda Ly

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds giveaway

Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a sucker for seeds. Lots and lots o’ seeds. And one of my favorite suppliers of seeds is a small heirloom house called Baker Creek, headed by Jere Gettle and his wife, Emilee. They’ve been a big supporter of Garden Betty since the beginning and have sent me countless seeds to try in my garden every season.

Their homegrown operation has a feel-good family vibe to it, and since we’re all family here, I want to share this awesome and generous giveaway from Baker Creek with you!

You’ve probably seen Baker Creek mentioned here and there on my blog — I grow plenty of their offerings, from the traditional to the exotic. But mostly the exotic. I love the selection of seeds at Baker Creek, which comes from over 70 different countries. Thumbing through their beautiful catalog of 1,400 seeds is both delight and torture at the same time — delight because I want to grow everything I can get my hands on, and torture because my garden simply isn’t big enough.

Baker Creek specializes in non-hybrid, non-GMO, non-treated, and non-patented seeds. This is about as pure as you can get. Their seeds come from small farmers and seed growers, and not from Monsanto-owned Seminis, which supplies many of the big-box stores. When you buy from Baker Creek, you’re not only supporting a family business, but also taking a stand against GMOs.

In my experience these last few seasons with Baker Creek seeds, I’ve had close to 100 percent germination and a garden full of healthy, productive plants. Since they’re open-pollinated, I’m also able to save many of my own seeds from the plants I’ve grown. My personal seed vault contains over 250 packets filled with thousands of seeds!

Want your own seed vault? How about one that comes in a nifty, sturdy bucket, brimming with over 25 different vegetables — 60 varieties in all — chosen for your specific climate?

For one lucky winner, Baker Creek will be giving away their Large Seed Collection (retail value $99), tailored for northern or southern climates. The assortment includes several types of vegetables, flowers, herbs, cover crops, and fruits and berries, and will keep for up to 10 years if stored properly. That’s 60 heirloom seed packets to start your spring off right! Incredible, yes?!

How to enter: Simply leave a comment below and tell me which Baker Creek variety you love, or would love to try this season! To receive an additional entry, follow @gardenbetty on Twitter, and leave a second comment below indicating your Twitter username. You have two chances to win!

The giveaway will end at 11:59 PM Pacific Standard Time on Friday, March 23, 2012. Winner will be drawn at random and announced the following week. Good luck!

Giveaway Rules

  1. Giveaway begins March 19, 2012 and ends March 23, 2012.
  2. No purchase is necessary. To enter, leave a comment on this blog post.
  3. Only US residents ages 18 and older are eligible to enter.
  4. Two entries allowed per person.
  5. Odds of winning are based on number of entries received.
  6. Winner will be drawn at random.
  7. If winner does not respond within 48 hours after time of contact, that entry will be forfeited and a new winner will be drawn.

This post is brought to you by Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that support Garden Betty.

Update: A big thanks to everyone who entered!
This giveaway is now closed. The winner has been announced here.

Linda Ly

I'm a plant lover, passionate road-tripper, and cookbook author whose expert advice and bestselling books have been featured in Time, Outside, HGTV, and Food & Wine. The National Parks Cookbook is my latest book. Garden Betty is where I write about modern homesteading, farm-to-table cooking, and outdoor adventuring—all that encompass a life well-lived outdoors. After all, the secret to a good life is... Read more »

786 Comments

  5. I’m looking to try the Baker Creek Tomato seeds, in fact many of them as I can get my hands on!  In previous years my mom has bought the seed packs from the big box stores (Lowes, Walmart, etc) aad had very meager and poor results. Where results were only a few half dozen fruit all summer per plant, and plants that died before the first frost hit.  When reading reviews on the BakerCreek site that you can’t kill those tomato plants and that they can grow over 5 feet tall, I’m really excited to try them and help her get a real garden started.

  8. i’m going with an aquaponics system this year and would love to see which baker creek seeds would flourish.

  9. I am moving into a new house this summer out of my tiny apartment. The house is nice but the most exciting part is having room for a REAL GARDEN. Now I can finally expand my vegetable and herb garden to grow more healthy food for my husband and three kids. I would love to get some lemongrass seeds! Lemongrass grows wonderfully here in North Central Florida. It’s not only for cooking… add it to green tea for a great iced tea that doesn’t need sugar.

  10. LOVE baker creek.  we’re in the process of starting our garden right now (indoors…in Kentucky…high winds and tornadoes killed our little seedlings that were outside last year) but a bunch of their tomatoes that we grew last year were bomb.  great giveaway.

  11. My nine year old daughter and I have decided to plant a garden this spring in the hopes of cutting our grocery bill and a start to eating food grown without chemicals.  Baker Creek has such an amazing variety of seeds for the north where we live but if we had to pick one it  has to be squash – the Galeux D Eysines – that we think would be a beautiful addition to our little garden.  What a great contest!!!! Thanks for making it possible!!!

  16. The variety is amazing.  Got my seeds started – can’t wait to taste the Pineapple Tomatoes and Green Bitter Melon.

  18. Woodle Orange!  I love orange tomatoes and my daughter’s nickname is the Woodler after the woodling noises she made as a baby.

  30. Omigosh, what wouldn’t I love to grow?! I would love grow herbs, tomatoes, parsnips, and snap peas!

  32. Love Baker Creek. Can’t wait for the Planting Festival at their place in Mansfield. We love the Amish Paste cultivar of tomato. Can’t wait to cook with them.

    Hebron Acres

  33. Three different types of watermelon have sprouted and its suppose to snow again this week. Ahhhhh Spring in Alaska. 

  36. Growing my own Bhut Jolokia plants would be pretty crazy, then I would just have to find someone to eat the stuff I make with them.

  38. Looking forward to trying out asian winged beans this year in our new home.. i haven’t been able to be as adventurous in the past due to small garden space in our apartment but at that time i loved my green zebra tomatoes

  39. Golden Crispy Melon – OML133. 

    Commercial variety that was discontinued in the early1980’s. Small, oblong to pear-shaped fruits weigh abouta half-pound. Smooth golden skin enclose incrediblysweet, uniquely aromatic white flesh. We are excited tobe able to re-introduce this worthwhile variety that wasalmost lost. 

Comments are closed.