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Welcome to Yonder Hill Farm!

The website is updated and ready for your orders!  Orders will be fulfilled & shipped, in the sequence they are received, starting in early February. Follow us on Facebook & Instagram for farm updates.

By buying our seeds, you are not only supporting small scale sustainable seed production, you are getting high quality, spray-free, non-GMO, open-pollinated/heirloom, and sometimes rare seeds- all adapted to a homestead garden. We hope to become your trusted source for high quality garden seeds!

We are genuine Seed Producers: we are not a Seed Company that buys and resells corporate commodity seed. We’ve been growing and breeding our seeds commercially for well over 10 years. We only sell seeds that we’ve produced ourselves in our fields and garden, and all of the pictures you’ll see on our website were taken from plantings of our seeds, mostly at our farm, including variety profile pictures! The small scale of our production allows for rigorous quality control, and our homesteading way of life means that we grow varieties that perform for us in the garden and in the kitchen.

What’s New in 2023!

  • While many of our seed lots have a limited supply, we have an abundant quantity of over 40 varieties. So this year we are offering Bulk Seed Packets for the first time! 10 x the quantity of our regular packets for only 5 x the price.
  • After a successful trial shipping out potatoes last spring, we are now offering our own farm grown Seed Potatoes for spring shipment.
  • Check out our New Varieties for 2023!
Thanks for supporting sustainable seed production in Canada!

As soon as I saw

As soon as I saw my seeds, I had a feeling that they came from plants that had been grown with care – I was further convinced by the 100% germination rate and the fact that, despite the worst growing season we’ve ever had here, the corn and beans we grew from those seeds thrived and produced a lovely crop! Thank you so much for providing such great seeds; and service, too!

Melissa
Dirtco
Vancouver Island
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Yonder Hill seeds grow delicious and satisfying harvests!

I only dabbled at gardening until two years ago when I felt the urge to get serious about it. The seeds that I have gotten from Yonder Hill have resulted in very satisfying bumper crops of delicious vegetables. Even though I’m figuring things out as I go along and making tons of mistakes, I am still being rewarded with high germination rates, robust plants and high productivity. Plus, everything tastes SOOOOO good. Yonder Hill clearly
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Alex Hickey
South Shore, Nova Scotia
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Brazilian Snow Peas

We’ve had a mostly sunless summer with temps in low to mid-50s. We planted Dwarf Gray, and Yonder Hill’s ‘Brazilian Snow’ peas. Today, we harvested both peas with the Brazilian Snow producing a mature and robust harvest. Thank you Yonder Hill for carrying Brazilian Snow peas. Would like to buy again.

Suzanne
Petersburg, Alaska (Southeast Alaska)
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I grow my own botanicals

I grow my own botanicals and additives (calendula, spinach etc) for my soaps, and this year I opted for locally grown and harvested seed from Yonder Hill Farm, a stone’s throw away. And by golly – I should have done this all along! Yonder Hill Seeds did not disappoint, the germination rate was the best I have ever experienced. Their calendula blooms are stunning, and the amount of seeds per package was fantastic. These folks
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Maggie Schofield
Saltmarsh Soaps
West Northfield, NS
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I won’t be looking anywhere else for seeds any more

I live on a small homestead in Eastern Cape Breton. In 2020 I decided to try and source some seeds from a local grower as opposed to one of the larger more well-know suppliers in Canada.. As an avid amateur seed saver, my specific requirement was to find a supplier that supplied seeds that were 100% organic from their own farm. I had the incredibly good fortune to find Yonder Hill Farm! I had made
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James MacKenzie
Framboise, NS
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Best Seeds

Last year was my first at an attempt to gardening so I ordered seeds from various companies to test out. Yonder Hill seeds produced the best veggies by far, prefect and beautiful and so delicious! Can’t wait to get my new order in now that I’ve found a trusted seed company!!

Nikki Knetsch
Rockabye Interiors
Waterloo, Ontario
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foolproof

I am a lazy and neglectful gardener and Yonder Hill seeds turn into plants that thrive despite me. It’s amazing!!

Kate
Mahone Bay, NS
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Seeds and other things

I have to say thank you for the great seeds that I got for my garden of vegetables. I never lost one, they all grew. The service to get them to me was prompt. Then I asked about asparagus and between myself and Yonder Hill, we tried something with Yonder Hill sending me Asparagus Crowns through the mail. It was a trial thing to see how they would do. EVERY CROWN grew. I had some
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Sue
South Mountain, Dalhousie, Nova Scotia
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You folks have the best garlic!

My Great Northern variety from 2 years ago is still going strong and was HUGE this year!!! You folks have the best garlic!

Johanna Hayes
Crousetown, NS
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I always go to Yonder Hill first.

I love Yonder Hill Farm! They grow seeds of diverse heritage varieties and they do it with love. In my experience, their germination rate is almost 100%. Their seeds are locally adapted to the South Shore NS climate, so they are perfect for gardeners in this region. I always go to Yonder Hill first.

Caitlin Doucette
Bridgewater, NS
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Thanks Yonder Hill for your great products!

My seeds started germinating less than 24 hours after I put them in seedling trays! It looks like this year is going to be even more productive than last year, when I ended up giving away a lot of food to friends as there was so much. Thanks Yonder Hill for your great products! I was late planting this year in Halifax and Yonder Hill Farms were the only place I could find with seeds
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Steve Bromwich
Halifax, NS
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My newest ‘goto’ place for seeds

I came across the website for Yonder Hill Farm just browsing the internet in my timely search for pimento seeds. This pepper was new to me and I wanted to try growing it to add as a flavour to recipes that have recently caught my eye. I cannot speak highly enough of their willingness to answer questions about growing. I certainly appreciated the expertise imparted and knowledge that was shared. I ordered not just the
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hb
HRM, Nova Scotia
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so kind and helpful!

Picked up our seeds for our first attempt at our garden! These folks are so kind and helpful! VERY knowledgable.

Jeremy Blue
Blue Rocks, NS
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Celebrating 10 years of Yonder Hill Farm! 2012-2022

Summer 2021: drone photos courtesy of Picnic Studios