I order seeds from Amazon and from a company in GA called "Seeds N Such." I have had excellent results from the Seeds N Such seeds, and once you get on their mailing list they are always having sales and promotions. A week or so ago they had all seeds half price, so I went a little overboard.
I haven't tried eBay @Yvonne Smith. I did try Amazon and had very bad luck with them, although @Beth Gallagher said she has had good luck there. Our seed quantities are different though. Probably the types of seeds as well. I have accounts at several major seed companies. We will probably start winding down the plant business now since it is getting to be a bit much for me to keep up with. I am getting old and cannot do everything I once did. We will still continue to do it as we have customers that have used us for decades, but will just scale back. I hope one of our sons will pick up the baton.
I do buy seeds from Seeds 'n Such @Beth Gallagher and I have pretty good luck with them as well. My only problem with them is that they don't have enough info on the package. Johnny's, for instance, has the germination rate, date the germination was tested, expected maturation days, and sometimes even the disease resistance profile right on the package. Our season is so short that I have to watch how long until harvest. You wouldn't have that problem, but you would need to know the heat tolerance and maybe the drought resistance if you planted outside. We also have to be able to advise people on varieties, so the more info we have the better.
You might look at eBay , just to check. Some of the big stores have ebay accounts, too,, and even some of the smaller sellers sell in larger size lots, so if you are scaling down, you might be able to find what you need, and the variety is so awesome. Between all the different sellers, you can find almost any kind of interesting thing to grow .
Can I guarantee that the quality of the seed is the same as I would get under their own catalog? Burpee and others sell in big box stores, but the quality of the seed there is not as good as that from their own catalog. I may try ordering from eBay, but I am pretty well stocked up at the moment.
Today is supposed to be butchering day. When we had the children at home, we would sometimes butcher 30 chickens at a time, as well as turkeys and the occasional sheep. Only 3 turkeys and one rooster to go today, so it shouldn't be terrible. I had hoped to do it earlier in November, but our youngest son wanted to participate and he was not available until now. One of the turkeys is to be his. We have another rooster that could be killed, but he is a "gentle giant--Brahma" and is quiet and quite tame. Our freezers are full, so we would have to can him if we butchered him, so he will be around for the remainder of winter at least...unless he becomes mean. Snowing lightly and not too cold, so the gross work will be done outside and the finer work will be done either in the garage or the kitchen. My wife had to go shopping yesterday "to get her free turkey". I am not sure why since we will have two of our own shortly. Kroger here is giving a free turkey with each grocery purchase of $150 or more. Tomorrow my wife is taking the Alaska grandkids to see The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at the local theater. I will stay home and occupy myself with something else. Not sure what yet though.
The butchering got done and everything is in the freezer. Fewer chickens to feed now, so that will save money, and all produce eggs except one, but not every day during winter even with the lights on. Wife finished canning broth yesterday, as well as some ham and bean soup.. We went to the co-op on Monday and picked up an order. It is on the other side of Palmer, so it is quite a trip. The co-op folks stock a lot of oats--whole, rolled, and flour--since they claim it is easier to get oats that are truly organic, non-GMO and gluten-free. We picked up dried beans (25 pounds) and other stuff we cannot get elsewhere My wife cannot tolerate any type of grain so it doesn't affect us. Palmer was about +10 degrees when we were there, but it was -8 F. when we got home.