Sea Spring Seeds is based at Sea Spring Farm, a specialist market garden in West Dorset. Its sister business, Peppers by Post, was Britain’s first mail order chilli company, and both are owned and managed by us, Michael and Joy Michaud.

All seeds offered by Sea Spring Seeds are of varieties that we have grown ourselves and are ones that we consider to be exceptional in their class. For instance, every variety has some significant worth in the garden, whether it is particularly early, easy to grow or high yielding. Then, as no vegetable is worth its place in the garden unless it is good to eat, they also all have particular value in the kitchen – they may have an especially good flavour, be used for a specific culinary purpose or could be just an exceptionally good all rounder.

For now, as it is what we know best, the range of chilli pepper varieties in our catalogue is the best developed, and includes some varieties developed by us that are unique to Sea Spring Seeds. However, it is our aim to eventually offer the full range of vegetable and herb seeds for the kitchen garden; and we are gradually expanding the range of varieties on offer.

Open day: 22nd August 2010

This year our open day was on Sunday 22nd August. Despite the threat of rain then the odd very heavy shower, visitors seemed to enjoy themselves, walking around our polytunnels and field seeing the variety trials. Many of the varieties in our catalogue as well as new varieties that we are considering were on show.

Shows

Every year we also attend several shows. So if you live close to one come and say hello to us, and if you are a regular customer please introduce yourself. At some shows we will only be selling seeds, but at others it will be any combination of fresh chillies, chilli plants and seeds.

At the moment the ones we plan on attending, but not all are confirmed, are:

• 27th August: Melplash Agricultural Show.
• 4th-5th September: Dorchester County Show
• 11th-12th September: Sturminster Cheese Festival
• 18th-19th September: RHS Hyde Hall Chilli Weekend
• 18th-19th September: Abergavenny Food Festival
• 5th-6th October: RHS Autumn Show
• 16th-17th October: Eat Dorset, Parnham House, Dorset.
• 23rd-24th October: Wimbourne Food Festival 

Other shows and their dates will be posted as soon as we know them.

        Michael and Joy
        Sea Spring Seeds
        Sea Spring Farm
        West Bexington
        Dorchester
        Dorset DT2 9DD

        01308 897898