I think that 1.20 or less price for a pkg of Burpee seeds is a good value at my Menard's. (40% off 1.95 pkgs). I get Burpees quality of about 1/2 the varieties I am planning to plant and don't have to buy the large pkgs of seed through the mail. The rest I am planning to buy from Pine Tree Seeds. I spend less for the same number of varieties of seed this way than I would using $25.00 off $50.00 purchase from catalogs.

I've always had wonderful success with the cheapo american seeds. co. Walgreens always has them every year. Used to be 10/$1.00 with a coupon. This year they where 5/$1.00. They are also always found in the dollar stores and Walmart has them as well. No fears. these pics are from American Seeds that I grew Fran Zinnia giant cactus large cherry red tomato 7/4 sweet 100 tomato 7/4 beefsteak tomato 7/4 cleome alyssum carpet of snow sweet basil morning glory heavenly blue

Thanks, Karen. I think I also saw some Boy Mauve (lavendar) Bachelor's Button and Limnanthes douglasii (poached eggs). I don't really particularly like the poached eggs any more, don't know why I bought them. Oh, I think I have a few sprouts of Aquilegia Flabellata. If so, that's good because those can be very slow. I'll just use the Alyssum for filling in, will probably have tons that self seeded again. I might get faster results if I move them into more sun but think it's best to leave well enough alone for now until it's closer to the time to open some up, am going to have to wing it on that. A lot of new tulips in front overnight making for a more even display. That will be nice until more things get going.

Amanda, The "10 packs for a dollar" seeds are packaged and sold by the parent company Plantation Products under the name "American Seed Company" although they are NOT "the" American Seed Company that has long existed and done business under that name. (The website of the "real" American Seed Company has long had a disclaimer stating that the "American Seed Company" seeds sold cheaply in the spring are NOT their seeds, so they apparently have issues with the seeds.) The seed packets don't have a very large number of seeds per packet, but then one wouldn't really expect them to for the price at which they are sold. The seeds they offer are common, old varieties that generally are open-pollinated and are not patented, protected varieties which is one of the reasons they can be sold so cheaply--no royalties have to be paid. On the web site, you can click on "Promotional Packets" to learn more about them. If you own a local mom-and-pop feed store and want to buy/re-sell American Seed Company products at your store, you can purchase these "promotional" packets for less than 10 cents per packet, so even at ten packs for a dollar, stores are making a small profit on them. And, or course, chain stores like dollar stores and regional chains of farm supply stores, or even discount stores like Family Doller, buy them in huge quantities and sell them at varying prices. At some of our local dollar-type stores, you can find them for varying prices--usally anything from 4 or 5 packs for $1 to 10 packs for $1. Some of our local stores have other seeds from Plantation Products, usually their standard or value seed packets, also sold under the American Seed Company name, for 59 to 99 cents per pack up to $2-$3 per pack depending on how large the packets are and how many seeds they have in them. I see these every year at our local Tractor Supply Store. Sometimes our Wal-Mart has them, too, and then they usually are on little small display racks that hang near the regular shelves of garden products. I've linked the website for Plantation Products below. If you look at it, you can see that the seed packets look like and then you'll know what to watch for. American Seed Co. products are fine if you are looking for general seeds...like, if you want to plant zinnias, for example, but are not looking for a specific named zinnia. Dawn Here is a link that might be useful: Plantation Products' Line of Seeds