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'.

This Saturday, it's the Wiltshire Chilli Festival Chilli Festival. Do come along, and and have a wild time. As usual we'...
15/09/2026

This Saturday, it's the Wiltshire Chilli Festival Chilli Festival.
Do come along, and and have a wild time. As usual we've made a special sauce, the Firehorse. As its year of the Firehorse.
We're in the High Street, starts at 1pm.

10/09/2026

For the last few years, we have done most of our growing using home made passive hydroponics. With the series of heatwaves we endured this year, they were an absolute life saver.
Here is a short video, from my phone on how we nake ttem/how they work.

Working away on our new catalogue for 2027, combined with seed saving.Pictured is some 'cake', our term for dried seeds,...
03/09/2026

Working away on our new catalogue for 2027, combined with seed saving.
Pictured is some 'cake', our term for dried seeds, prior to being broken up and then germination tested.seeds are fermented in a mixture of acid and enzymes, to clean tge seed coating.

26/08/2026

We have a busy weekend coming up, on Saturday we will be at the Corsley Fayre, and on Sunday we will be in Warminster for the Warminster Independent Market.
Bank Holiday Monday off, what to do...

So far this scorching hot summer, we've had no troubles with aphids. I hope I'm not tempting fate.We do like to plant Le...
19/08/2026

So far this scorching hot summer, we've had no troubles with aphids. I hope I'm not tempting fate.
We do like to plant Lemon Grasd amongst our crops, here us our trials tunnel. We also place z big pot of Lemon Grass in our seed saving greenhouses. Lemon Grass is a natural source of citronella, as found in insect repellent candles. Works inside too.
As a bonus, straps of cut Lemon Grass placed in and around the raised beds seems to deter the local cat population from using them for their convenience...

The Great Dorset Chilli Festival is this weekend, busy cooking upvsome great sauces.Now, will you survive the Black Deat...
28/07/2026

The Great Dorset Chilli Festival is this weekend, busy cooking upvsome great sauces.
Now, will you survive the Black Death?
Possibly the hottest sauce I've ever made. Mango Madness, Evil Naga, Haba Haba Mango, last year's award winner The Growler, Fruitkenstein 2.0, H***y Goat, Mayan Magyk and Tomato Tickle 2.0

We have also been busy, some new chilli seeds, chilli plant display.
See you over the weekend.

Something for the weekend? We're back in Trowbridge for the first time this year at wonderful Trowbridge Weavers Market....
16/07/2026

Something for the weekend?
We're back in Trowbridge for the first time this year at wonderful Trowbridge Weavers Market.
So here's a picture of Mayan Magick being cooked up, it's s Rocoto chillies based sauce, and really rather nice.
Saturday 10 to 4 in Fore Street.

Hot, so hot the mercury knocked the top off our thermometer...OK. it was broken, but it's so hot, were closing early.
10/07/2026

Hot, so hot the mercury knocked the top off our thermometer...OK. it was broken, but it's so hot, were closing early.

24/06/2026

Update.
I am closing until the heat wave is over.
It's too hot.
All seeds are in cool rooms,

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Keepers Yard, Chapel Street
Horningsham
BA127LU

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

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