| The following are vegetable companies that might be able to help you. Some are in California. The others are in cool climates -- even cooler than your La Jolla garden; but given that you have shade [not good for growing peas], they might work: Aunt Martha’s Garden (S) 731 E Valley Rd. Willits, CA 95490 URL: http://www.homestead.com/prosites-debbieoo/Heirloom_Vegetable_Seeds.html E-mail: debbieoo@earthlink.net, mail@auntmarthasgarden.com Heirloom vegetables Bountiful Gardens (S) 18001 Shafer Ranch Road Willets, CA 95490-9626 Tel: 707-459-6410 Heirloom seeds E-mail: bountiful@sonic.net URL: http://www.bountifulgardens.org/ The Cook's Garden (S) P.O. Box 535 Londonderry VT 05148-0535 Tel: 802-824-3400 Fax: 700-457-9705 URL: http://www.cooksgarden.com Evergreen Y. H. Enterprises (S) 333 City Blvd. West Orange, CA 92868 Tel: 714-938-3212 E-mail: eeseeds@aol.com URL: http://www.evergreenseeds.com/ Asian specialties Floating Mountain Seeds (S) P.O. Box 1275 Port Angeles, WA 98362-1275 Rare & Heirloom Vegetables Johnny's Selected Seeds (S) RR. 1, Box 2580 Foss Hill Road Albion, ME 04910-9731 Tel: 207-437-9294 Fax: 207-437-2165 Email: staff@johnnyseeds.com URL: http://www.johnnyseeds.com Kitazawa Seed co. (S) P.O. Box 13220 Oakland, CA 94661 Tel: 510-595-1188 Fax: 510-595-1860 URL: http://www.kitazawaseed.com/ Email: customerservice@kitazawaseed.com Japanese vegetables Pacific Rim Seed Company (S) 570 North 2nd Street San Jose, CA 95112 Tel: 408-971-2050 FAX: 971-1675 Oriental vegetables Renee’s Garden (S) [lots of good info here] Rack packets only. If no retailer in your area carries the seed, call 1-888-880-7228. Email: customerservice@reneesgarden.com URL: https://www.reneesgarden.com/about/index.htm Seed Dreams (S) P.O. Box 1476 Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Tel: 831-234-8668 Heirloom seeds. Catalog $2 Synergy Seeds (S) PO Box 323 Orleans, CA 95556 URL: http://www.synergyseeds.com/ E-mail: george@synergyseeds.com Heirloom seeds for vegetables, herbs including medicinals, grains and legumes Territorial Seed Company (S) P.O. Box 157 Cottage Grove, OR 97424 Tel: 541-942-9547 Fax: 541-942-9881; or: 888-657-3131 URL: http://www.territorial-seed.com Tsang & Ma (P) P.O. Box 294 Belmont, CA 94002 Tel: 415-595-2270 Asian vegetable seed Victory Seed Company (S) P.O. Box 192 Molalla, Oregon 97038 Tel: 503-829-3126 (and fax) URL: http://www.VictorySeeds.com Universities and colleges in California are not in the seed business. The UC Cooperative Extension service, however, does make recommendations for best vegetable varieties for given locations throughout California. You may want to locate their offices in San Diego County. Joe |