6 Savvy Ways to Get Free Seeds

This is one of our peaceful pockets ideas, which are easy, earth-friendly ways to save money.  Gardening is a great way to get great food for cheap, but what if you could lower your expenses by not only starting plants from seed, but using free seeds to start your garden? Here are 6 great ways to get free seeds!

Seed exchanges/Seed Savers Exchange

One way to get free seeds is to find a seed exchange. You can find a seed exchange by looking on community garden event calendars, events in your city, or by looking on  Seed Savers Community website.

If your community doesn't have a seed exchange that fits your schedule, organize one of your own. When you buy seeds online, you often get more than you can use. Post a seed exchange event on your community Facebook page or on Craigslist in the same way you would post a yard sale.

Be sure to have envelopes ready for sharing. I love to use unwanted junk mail return envelopes for this. Share the wealth and try plants you otherwise wouldn't buy seeds for.

Buy Nothing Project

If you aren't part of a local Buy Nothing Project group, you should try to find and join one. I miss our group in the city, but there isn't any interest in our country community. Get free seeds by asking for and offering any seeds you have to your neighbors in the group.

Get seeds from organic food in your country

When you get groceries, try saving seeds from any organic produce you get. I get mine from the discount section of my grocery store. We started some  yellow bell peppers from some free seeds we got out of the organic pepper we ate.

Try seed sprouting from the organic produce grown in your own country. (No imports from other countries as they spray them with growth inhibitors)- blueberries, raspberries, etc.

Nextdoor

Try this free website to get to know your neighbors/community. It's a great way to get recommendations, share neighborhood concerns, post items for sale or free, post events (like yard sales or library events), and have discussions.

It's basically a social network for just your neighbors. Ask and offer any free seeds you have to your neighbors in the group.

Save your own seeds

As you grow a garden, make sure to save seeds from your organic and heirloom plants every year.  Most plants offer free seeds in huge amounts from their produce. This way you don't have to buy as many seeds for the plants you use every year.

Family, friends & neighbors

Ask your people for any extra seeds they have or use gift cards to buy your seeds online. We bought a bunch of plants and seeds for our homestead this year, and we got them all from using our Christmas gift cards.

All of our seeds were from previous years, seed exchanges, saved from organic produce, saved from our own garden plants, or free seeds from using our gift cards. Ultimately, there are lots of resources to help you get your garden started for next to nothing.

Gardening for next to nothing series:


Free seed starting pots
Free Watering System for free and cheap ways to irrigate your garden
Saving money with a lazier lawn

How do you get free seeds? Be sure to share this post so more people can find eco-friendly ways to save money!

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