Awesome Interesting to find this sort of deal at this time of year (I did find something similar at a different store in Fall 2011)

Saw some at Lowe's, not on sale though :/ They did have some new types out. And they now have a 'Burpee Signature' line, whatever that means.

Burpee's marketing is a science it's self. I usually get their seeds on store racks. Last year I noticed price and seed differences between Home Depot and LOwes (Lowes being the highest) the local Hardware store has a rack and their prices are higher than the chain hardware. The super Walmart here put out a rack in February and almost of the Burpee seed is 1.50 per packet. They also put out a later rack last year that more of a selection. I ordered from Burpee last year because they had a pole bean and a melon I wanted. Althought the bean seed was pricy I got 2oz of beans, that is about the same amount of seed packet size I get the farm store for truck patch farmer size. My brother asked me what I wanted for xmas and I said a gift certificate from T&M, Park, Burpee, Johnny's would be great he picked Burpee. My first glance at the catalog and the 50.00 would only buy 10 packets of seed! I am going thru the catalog again and picking out only what is on their seed sale rack and ordering only what I know I can't get locally. Even the equipment section was sparse for someone who has been gardening for decades.

"i live 2 miles from burpee seed co. warminster pa..they closed their retail store a few years ago so i had to try all the local stores ,lowes HD etc. with no luck, i had to order online for $5 and $6 to ship 1 pack of seeds. 2 miles UNREAL!!!" $6 shipping minimum is a huge turn-off for a pack of seeds - you'd think a very sharp and personable guy like George Ball Jr. would have a better vision for his company. It's a no-brainer that this will hurt the long term reputation of the brand and viability of his company but they seem too engrossed in the accounting to realize that in their current form they need to cater to the small gardener, not fleece them, like Johnny's and Fedco and many seed companies working under the table, exploiting shipping at the expense of customer satisfaction. Since Burpee isn't staffed by garden volunteers, any expectation that they kept the store open was unrealistic. I'm sure they were sad to close their last brick and mortar store too. They still employ well over 100 Bucks County families, pay local taxes and are a boon to the economy. Can't expect Burpee to pay employees gross salaries of $15 - $20 per hour and act as corner storekeepers. Most everyone goes to Lowes and Home Depot first and then stops by mostly to pick up what they couldn't get on the cheap. Burpee can't be expected to compete with itself being sold in big box stores. Meanwhile the mainstream culture equates working in the dirt with second class employment, and Walmart tries to get rid of its greeters until they found out security guards cost more. ...And the young 'uns can't identify one fresh vegetable from another, people send saved seeds for free on the internet, and big box stores killed local specialty shops. LOL! PC