Allow me to add:

Diane's Seeds: http://www.dianeseeds.com/

Select Seeds: https://www.selectseeds.com

I don't do much seeding, but I've done favorable business with both as well as Baker Creek mentioned above.

Reimer seed www.reimerseeds.com has been a good source for me. What eats up the $$ is the shipping costs. Good to narrow your source to a few vendors to save multiple shipping fees. Reimer has a huge selection of what I want, but your needs might be different.

Amy did a great job of listing all my favorites plus more, so I won't repeat the list. (grin)

I also like Botanical Interests seeds, found on some seed racks in stores like Whole Foods and Central Market, but also available online. Also, Renee's Garden Seeds. One of my favorite things about Renee's is that she sells multi-variety packs and the seeds in her multi-variety packs are colored coded with non-toxic food coloring so you can be sure to plant some of each variety if you aren't using the whole seed packet.

I have a spread sheet of sources, mostly cut and paste ;)

Seeds of Change is another good seed rack company. I'm sure they must have a website, too.

Dat's worthy of a bookmark. Tx Amy

SOC used to be better. I've become disappointed in them in recent years. They moved from NM to California and it seems they have mostly begun to gear their varieties more towards small commercial growers. I used to get their catalog in the mail every year, but then I stopped ordering from them and they stopped sending it. I used to be able to find some great tomato and bean varieties from SOC that were different from what everyone else had. I miss that. They do have a website. The seeds I see on the SOC rack here are mostly just the very basic heirlooms, and I largely moved beyond the basic ones long ago.

Here's their website:

Seeds of Change

::Giggling:: Dawn, the heirloom snob. I understand what you mean about moving on though. Not because they aren't good varieties, but because they don't grow well here. It doesn't take long to figure that out even if you're new to gardening. And that may be my biggest issue with Baker Creek. I used to think that since they were relatively close to us their seeds would be acclimated to our climate. I'm sure they get seeds from growers all over the country. From blogs and descriptions I gather that what they do grow there in MO is still a different climate from us. I buy from them, of course, but usually to satisfy my craving for unusual varieties.

I make a list of varieties I want to try (or need to replenish every year, then I check to see which of my "go-tos" have them. The Sample Seed Shop has inexpensive prices on small quantities so you can try things out without spending an arm and a leg. Sometimes, particularly before the end of the year, companies have sales or offer free shipping. I can't remember who, but I think at least one company offers free shipping if you make a big enough order. My spreadsheet has the shipping charges for each company, I should have included that column.

I had an interesting conversation with #2 son this week. (Interesting to ME since he's never shown an interest in gardening.) He asked me about a particular seed company. I think he thought he was going to tell me something new, LOL. I told him I'd purchased from them but they didn't have much of a selection. He said they had about 13 tomato varieties. I told him I'm growing about 30 this year. Oh... But apparently he is interested in aquaponics, so we talked about that for awhile.

Amy, I am a tomato heirloom snob and I admit it. That's one reason it is harder and harder for any seed company to impress me with their heirlooms---I've already grown so many, and do know which ones have performed well here and which ones haven't, and it is exceedingly rare to find a variety that is new to me that is better than the ones I already grow.

One year, one of our neighbors got catalogs from both Totally Tomatoes and Tomato Grower's Supply Company and he was so thrilled about the huge selection of tomato varieties that he couldn't wait to tell me about them and offered to share the catalogs with me. At that point, he did know that I grow black, pink, purple, orange, yellow, etc. tomatoes, but I guess he never stopped to think about where those varieties came from. I think he was a little disappointed when I told him I'd already been a customer of both companies for a very long time, had tried most everything that both companies had (except for newer hybrids which I largely avoid), had found a few great ones, some good ones, and a lot that I wouldn't bother planting again. He thought he was about to show me something new I guess, but those companies weren't new to me. So, I directed him then to Victory Seeds, Baker Creek and TomatoFest to show him the other heirloom vareities (both tomato and everything else) that are out there. I think he found the TomatoFest website enjoyable but also overwhelming.

Aquaponics sounds interesting, but not interesting enough that I want to try it.

Dawn