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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Gardeners - where do you get your seeds?
I'm wanting to plant a few veggies in our small garden (the neighbor just cut down a tree
, so it gets sun now 
). I'm thinking I'd like some organic, non-GMO seeds or seedlings. Any suggestions are appreciated! Thanks!
Julie
Re: Gardeners - where do you get your seeds?
If you're not opposed to mail order, I really like Seed Savers Exchange & Southern Exposure Seeds (this one "specializes" in our region).
Both offer mainly heirloom, non-GMO seeds but not all seeds are available certified organic. SES has some hybrids (note: hybrid does not automatically imply GMO) but those are clearly indicated & they are offered b/c they do exceptionally well in the area and/or customers have asked for them.
I buy in person from Behnkes.
I order from burpees and gurneys. sometimes i buy the plants and not just seed
I have our gardening adventures blogged if you want to take a look. we've had a lot of success
Also, not sure if you're in VA, MD or DC, but Merrifield (in VA) has a good selection. The Botanic Interest (the ones with the drawing instead of a picture) say No GMO on the back. However, I don't believe they offer a very good selection of organic seeds (to be honest, buying non-organic seeds doesn't bother me as much as maybe it should...especially if we're talking about an heirloom seed which by definition wouldn't be genetically modified)
And, I don't recall seeing transplants being labelled "organic" from nurseries. Probably some do (especially from smaller nurseries. At my old job I know that we never used any pesticide or fertilizer on our veggies, but the seed we used wasn't always organic), but starting from seed might be your best bet.