The long version is printed on each packet. The short version is stamped on it, for anyone reading from across the potting shed.
No. 01 · Posting
Within 48 hours, Monday to Thursday. Nothing leaves on a Friday: seed should not spend a weekend in a sorting office.
48 H
No. 02 · Growing
Certified since 2004, on every one of the nine acres. No treated seed, no coatings, no exceptions.
Yes
No. 03 · Seed saving
Every one. All 412 are open-pollinated, so what you save comes true next year. That is the whole idea.
All
No. 04 · Storing
About four years somewhere cool, dry and dark. Parsnip and onion are the exceptions: sow those within one.
4 yrs
No. 05 · Our promise
Send the lot number from the flap and we post a fresh packet. No photographs, no argument.
Free
No. 06 · Hybrids
No. A hybrid has to be bought again every spring. We would rather you never needed us twice for the same bean.
No
Not one of the six? The seed room answers by hand, usually the same day.