Happy ’14 Kate.
Seed – Its a fair question, I reckon there is a lot of tired seed around and it pops up unexpectedly.
Seeds of Italy (Franchi) are mostly good and lots of seed too, so are CN Seeds, epsecially good for brassica salads. Tozers ok but larger Q’s..
Organic Gardening Catalogue for a wide range and mostly good.
For lettuce you can’t beat saving your own, check out Sue Stickland’s "Back Garden Seed Saving".