Simpsons Seeds, at Keepers Yard

Simpsons Seeds, at Keepers Yard A family run seed and company specialising in seeds and plants for the kitchen garden.
'Putting Flavour First'.

06/04/2026

This coming Thursday 9th, we are expecting a power cut during the day so we won't be able to take phone calls, answer emails or take card payemnts.
Sorry.

02/04/2026

We are open, Tues to Friday 10am to 4pm. Saturday 10 to 12.30 (ish)...
As I type, there are 25 different types of tomato plus courgettes, cucumbers and a small selection of chillies. The range will increase as the spring progesses.

Apologies for being quiet online recently. The mailing out of baby plants has begun. This week it's tomato, cucumber an...
17/03/2026

Apologies for being quiet online recently. The mailing out of baby plants has begun. This week it's tomato, cucumber and courgettes. Aubergine and chillies should join them next week. There will be a break around Easter, as we fear plants stuck in the post over the long weekend would suffer.

02/02/2026

It's going to be a late start for us today. Office/ shop should be open by midday.
Apologies for the inconvenience.

08/01/2026

Nasty storm on its way. Stay safe, warm, and fingers crossed greenhouses and tunnels survive.
Always a worry....

23/12/2025

Happy Christmas to everyone. I'll be back in the office on the 29th.
Dry weather, means I can get lots of garden jobs done...no rest...

12/12/2025

Tomorrow is the last of the Weavers Markets in Trowbridge, so pop along for something spicy. there live music and a great weather forecast.
Time to stock up as I won't be back until the summer.

We have an announcement, this is the 'Thagomizer' Chilli. It has just been released. It is one only for the real enthusi...
08/12/2025

We have an announcement, this is the 'Thagomizer' Chilli. It has just been released. It is one only for the real enthusiasts. It takes longer than most to mature. In ideal condition, over winter the plants, an get a whopping harvest in year 2.
This is something, a project we have been working on for some years. Now why? You ask, well tested in '23 a batch of 10 De-Seeded pods, recorded 1,720,000Scovilles!!! So that's hotter than the Carolina Reaper over 10 pods!!
Please not that I am wearing laboratory gloves, needed.
Seeds on the website, fairly limited supply.
Also, if you are a member of the many chilli groups on FB, please share.

25/11/2025

This Saturday, the 29th, is the really rather wonderful Frost Fayre in Glastonbury. I've been busy cooking up lots of chilli sauces. This summers hot weather has given us some rather hot chillies too.
So, pop along, enjoy a fabulous day. The event if free, maybe pay for parking...great music and try some of the dozen hot sauces I've made.

This is Primabella, a delicious cherry with good blight resistance. It was a real highlight of what was a great summer f...
03/11/2025

This is Primabella, a delicious cherry with good blight resistance. It was a real highlight of what was a great summer for tomatoes.
Seeds are now available on the website.

Here is a little piece on seed saving, the tomatoes pictures in the bowl are Black Russian, a heritage variety we save s...
24/10/2025

Here is a little piece on seed saving, the tomatoes pictures in the bowl are Black Russian, a heritage variety we save seeds from.
Here is the process, we let them get a bit more ripe than usual, to the point of splitting, then the seeds and pitch are scraped out.
Now the fun begins, this 'mess' goes into a sieve and water runs though it, this serves to wash away much of the jelly.
Next, this slightly cleaner mess, goes into a glass vessel, usually an old coffee jar... and a solution of acid and pectinase enzyme is added for at least 24 hours, sometimes as long as 48 hours, depending on what we are seed saving.
Next they are washed in running waters and then it is on to drying, drying is done on a sheet of glass.
When dry we get what I like to call 'cake', a thin layer of seeds, this is then rubbed between the palms to break them up. Following on from this is a germination test, we aim for a minimum of 80%.
Happy growing.

10/10/2025

We have a busy weekend coming up. We have stalls with our sauces at the Trowbridge Weavers Market on Saturday and on Sunday, we'll be at the Frome Showground Flea Market & Craft Fair.
Even better news, this summers nice weather has meant that we have a harvest from our Rocoto Chillies and have a batch of our 'Snuffling Badger' sauce on sale.
Pop along, say hello and try some 'Badger.

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Keepers Yard, Chapel Street
Horningsham
BA127LU

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm

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