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Shipping Policy & Pricing

We typically ship within 2 business days of receipt of your order.  However, during the busy season [late January-mid March] it may be as long as five or six days.  We ship US Postal Service 1st class for items up to two pounds.  Over that, we usually ship UPS ground.  Shipping charges are designed to cover our actual costs, not to make a profit.  Shipping charge depends on the size of the order.  Effective Jan 1, 2010, the following shipping costs will apply.  (if you order before that, you will pay the old prices).  Orders from $2.50-$10.00 are $3.50; $10.01 to $25.00 are $4.85;  $25 to $40. are $5.85; $40.01 to 65 are $6.85;  and above $60, the shipping charge  $7.85. 

VERY IMPORTANT.  If you order a gift certificate on line, these are  excluded from the total order amount for shipping purposes.  Make sure that when you select your shipping type you choose "Gift Certificate, no Charge"     FOR CANADIANS.  Make sure in shipping type you select "Canadian Shipping".  This charge is exactly the same as domestic US Shipping {since there is virtually no difference between domestic US rates & rates to Canada};  otherwise, you will be charged international rates.

PRICING:  Most seeds are $2.95.  Exceptions are Franchi special selections and hybrids which are $3.15 and Certified Organic seeds are $3.35.  Seeds from Bari are mostly $3.00.  Also some of the larger size packs (for example the one pound box of chick peas and the Jumbo packs) are more expensive, primarily due to higher shipping costs from Italy.   For larger scale growers we stock some bulk seed and can obtain bulk seed for every variety in just about any quantity at extremely competitive prices.    Bulk seed prices are up here also.