Comments on: A JOURNEY BACK IN TIME, JUST TO BUY SEEDS https://gardern.co.za/2014/02/a-journey-back-in-time-just-to-buy-seeds/ Horticulturist Matt Mattus shares gardening expertise, research and science from his home garden and greenhouse. Thu, 13 Aug 2020 21:54:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Matt Mattus https://gardern.co.za/2014/02/a-journey-back-in-time-just-to-buy-seeds/#comment-1975 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:13:29 +0000 #comment-1975 In reply to Anonymous.

Oh, I don't know what I was thinking when I typed that! That's what I get for typing in the early morning before work. I should have typed 1600 -1800's. We are old here in Massachusetts Bay Colony, but not THAT old! Thanks!

]]> By: Anonymous https://gardern.co.za/2014/02/a-journey-back-in-time-just-to-buy-seeds/#comment-1974 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:38:28 +0000 #comment-1974 I thought the pilgrims came over in 1620. So your comment about the farms from the late 1500s caught my eye. Regardless you have a great blog. Keep up the great work.

]]> By: Matt Mattus https://gardern.co.za/2014/02/a-journey-back-in-time-just-to-buy-seeds/#comment-1973 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 07:19:21 +0000 #comment-1973 In reply to Of Gardens.

There are two stores, one in Petaluma, CA and one in CT. Then again, you could use their mail order service, even I do that!

]]> By: Matt Mattus https://gardern.co.za/2014/02/a-journey-back-in-time-just-to-buy-seeds/#comment-1972 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 07:18:17 +0000 #comment-1972 In reply to katherine.

Hmmm. Five hours is a bit far!. TIme for mailorder.

]]> By: Matt Mattus https://gardern.co.za/2014/02/a-journey-back-in-time-just-to-buy-seeds/#comment-1971 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 07:17:38 +0000 #comment-1971 In reply to Heather.

I fear that the private seed store is a thing of the past (are you sure that it wasn't Agway?). Anyway, maybe this company is a good sign that things are changing.

]]> By: Matt Mattus https://gardern.co.za/2014/02/a-journey-back-in-time-just-to-buy-seeds/#comment-1970 Tue, 04 Mar 2014 07:16:19 +0000 #comment-1970 Thank you, Mandy, it's nice to know that people are using the BHG link to visit a blog that they have never visted before. I never really know what to think about those blog contests, but they are nice people, and surely, every blog should win! Welcome!

]]> By: Mandy https://gardern.co.za/2014/02/a-journey-back-in-time-just-to-buy-seeds/#comment-1969 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:25:06 +0000 #comment-1969 I was on BHG today, voting for blog favorites when I decided "I should start reading a gardening blog" I clicked on yours because admittedly, I think my blogroll needs more men. But I was so pleased to see this post! I live in CT and have visited this place more than a few times. I'm so glad to add a local gardener as my first garden blog subscription!

]]> By: Heather https://gardern.co.za/2014/02/a-journey-back-in-time-just-to-buy-seeds/#comment-1968 Sun, 23 Feb 2014 02:59:47 +0000 #comment-1968 Lovely photos. Roanoke used to have an old-school seed store, Agnew Seed, but the building was auctioned off a few years ago. I loved the history of the place, but it seems that big box stores put them out of business.

]]> By: katherine https://gardern.co.za/2014/02/a-journey-back-in-time-just-to-buy-seeds/#comment-1967 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 17:26:00 +0000 #comment-1967 Matt, great post…just the kind of virtual field trip I needed to help with my Spring Fever. I have ordered from Baker Creek for several years and would love to visit the store! I did a map quest and it came up being a 5 hour and 20 min trip from our farm in PA, not sure that is going to happen anytime soon…so thanks again for the great pictures of the store.

]]> By: Anonymous https://gardern.co.za/2014/02/a-journey-back-in-time-just-to-buy-seeds/#comment-1966 Fri, 21 Feb 2014 05:15:37 +0000 #comment-1966 In reply to Anonymous.

Yes, it is terrific that these buildings are saved and our heritage is not lost. Some of my fondest memories were trick-or-treating. Back then you went out on your own and if you were smart, you went home to dump your candy in the closet and go back out for more:-) Then in the summer, we'd stop at roadside stands where my Mom would buy a bushel of peaches for 25 – 50 cents and make peach butter. Oh, and huge sunkissed tomatoes that you ate on the porch like an apple. It was a great time.

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