Local Alberta-Grown, Short Season Open-Pollinated and Heirloom Seeds
Please only order seeds from this catalogue as I am out of everything else. I will post a small new seed listing in the near future. All orders to be mailed or emailed to the address on the last page of the catalogue. Happy shopping!
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Thinking of growing your own seeds? Here is a great review of the information and tools you might need.
Happy growing! 😊
Our seed selection rapidly dwindles in March as we attend all the big seed sales in the province. If you would like the best assortment for your order, NOW is the time as our sales start this weekend. Send us an email as we fill orders on a first come, first served basis.
Abunadhseeds @gmail.com
As I get older, and am loving it by the way, I look for ways to streamline our business and make the manual work manageable. Any of you that garden realize the labor involved no matter how automated you can get.
So we have a potato planter system which you can view on our YouTube channel @ladyoutthere7995 and it makes planting and harvesting easier but someone still has to pick them all up and haul them into the cold storage for the winter.
Sadly many people are blaming carbs for their weight issues and so not eating as many potatoes as they used to. I find that unfortunate, as potatoes are loaded with vitamins and minerals and as with squash are natures’ perfect keeping winter foods.
Now, some people are allergic to oxalates and so potatoes and spinach and strawberries are not good for them. I get it, but for the rest of us, a potato by itself is a complete meal.
Anyways, we will be again cutting down on the varieties we grow, mostly the ones that can be found in the store or as seed from the big growers in spring time. Yes they spray the fields and yes, there may be traces of disease in there, but that is what you get. Anyone can save their own potato tubers in the fall by storing what you will need for planting in a paper bag inside a plastic bag in the bottom of the fridge or in your cold storage. Check regularly for spoilage. They might look very dried out come spring with long alien looking sprouted things growing everywhere but they will produce potatoes for you again and again. Save the biggest for seed and cut them so each piece has at least 3 sprouts or eyes where sprouts will grow from. Anyone can do it. It’s about being self sufficient. Good for you! And if you have a sunburned potato, use it for seed rather than trashing it.
So that being said we will carry the kinds you can’t find anywhere else, ones that have superior taste and good keeping qualities. See our catalogue for those listings, and if you’d like fall potatoes, call us in September and come out the day we harvest, and take them home.
Speaking of storage, potatoes do not like to be stored warm. So have fridge or cold storage space for them where they are at about 5 degrees Celsius. Just above freezing is best. Limit the light exposure as that triggers sprouting and give them adequate air flow with a moderate amount of moisture in the air naturally to prevent dehydration. But not too moist or spoilage will occur.
We enjoy growing many things but have to balance our available time with all the varieties we like to grow. After all, there are only 20 hours of daylight in the summer!
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This summer we grew some delicious keeping squash. Let me tell you about them.
This is a German pumpkin that I do not have an official name for. The German people love squash and have a big squash festival every year in Ludwigsburg every fall. Look it up! Super cool. Anyway, needless to say I have been waiting to find a year to grow this one as it is personal sized and you can eat the skin as it cooks tender, especially boiled or pan fried as in a curry. It is delicious and the seeds are very fat so make good edible seeds.
Though this one is not yet in the catalogue, if you want it ask and we will send seeds along.
Our next showcase item is Baby Pam small pumpkins which make great decorations but are awesome pie pumpkins. Small and cute, they are easy to grow and the kids will love them.
Next we have another fantastic pumpkin for those who love to eat the seeds but don’t want to bother with the shell! These are called Lady Godiva and the are filled with green pumpkin seeds that do not have a husk. They are very productive so I have lots and you can grow them for yourself. This year as I have so many I will bring you a pumpkin and you can harvest the seeds yourself. Place your order and we will bring them to any of the seed sales we are going to in St. Albert, Calgary, Edmonton or Stony Plain. They are $4 each and you will be able to harvest up to a cup of seeds per fruit. They can also be grown in the garden next year if you like.
Did you know pumpkin seeds are a natural anti-parasitic? And squash itself is loaded with vitamins and minerals and very detoxing for the body. Here’s to mare pumpkin!
People around the world use pumpkin and squash interchangeably and cook extensively with them. They are nature’s great storage food. They do not need refrigeration and do better for longer kept at room temperature!
Any of these can be ordered through our email at abunadhseeds@gmail.com
This is the newest edition to the farm squash cross trials. It is a cross between an Acorn squash and a Long of Naples. The flesh is sweet like candy and shreds when cooked like spaghetti squash. They average about 15 lbs so freeze it in serving sizes for use all winter long. Blend it with cocoa and dehydrate until the consistency of fruit leather for a sugar free delicious chocolate substitute. It will disappear fast!
This one is not in the catalogue but can be ordered by name. I call it Sweet Orange Acorn. So yummy.
Hello! As I write this the sun is burning through the clouds and the snow is rapidly disappearing. Some suggest we will be in drought conditions again come April. So let’s focus on April showers to bring May flowers, shall we?
Every year we get set to travel to various seedy Saturday and Sunday events across the province. Here we meet dedicated gardeners of all levels and these events are a special time as they have all the seed people from near and far come up and join us, to bring seeds you won’t find anywhere else directly to you, and when speakers share their knowledge of all things gardening.
It is also a time we can fill and bring orders rather than shipping them (ie. potatoes, onion sets, etc.). If you wish to have us bring your order cutoff date is a week before the event date as listed below. Mark your calendar and don’t miss it!
For all events Cash is King. Please bring enough as the cash machines usually run out. We will also take one ounce silver coins in trade. If you are planning that please note we will need notice and will honour spot price that day.
Firstly we will be speaking at this 2-day event if you are interested Feb. 28 and March 1. Sangudo RegenFest 2026. Details here
Sangudo RegenFest is a two-day, hands-on skills festival rooted in prairie traditions, regenerative living, and rural community culture. We gather neighbours, makers, farmers, homesteaders, herbalists, artists, and curious beginners to learn practical skills you can use the next day.
St. Albert Backyard Gardening Group is hosting an event March 7, 2026, 10-4.
7 Tache Street, St. Albert. Come out and see what is happening right in the neighbourhood.
Calgary Seedy Saturday
March 21, 2026 10AM to 3 PM
Bowness Community Association 7904 – 43 Ave NW, Calgary
https://www.google.com/maps/search/7904+43+Ave%C2%A0NW?entry=gmail&source=g
Edmonton Seedy Sunday
March 22, 2026, 10 AM to 4 PM (opens earlier than before to spread out the crowd and parking needs – best to car pool or use public transit)
Alberta Avenue Community Hall,
9210 118th Avenue Edmonton
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Grza3W1bKcFhutcd6?g_st=ic
Details at
Stony Seedy Market will take place on Saturday, April 4th and we would love to see you there. The event will again be held in the PERC building of the Red Brick Common and will run from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
https://sites.google.com/view/stony-seedy-market/home
PERC Building is at end of the street South of the Red Brick Common building and Stony Museum, 5413 51 Ave, Stony Plain.
Check back often as we post other events as they come up.
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Come join us January 17 for the Gardening Workshop hosted by the Sangudo Horticultural Club. Mayerthorpe Diamond Center, details on poster.
From our house to yours – Merry Christmas
May all the joys of the season fill your heart now and always.
Was looking for a raspberry UPick, as ours will not be ready for a year and came across these ladies who put a great list together. They did not have us yet so I wrote to them. But if you are looking for berry picking, see their site. And kudos to them!
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