The plant and seed catalogs are still dribbling in, and I’ll review all of them at some point, but for now I’m focusing on the companies from which I order vegetable seeds most frequently – Johnny’s ...

I hate to be the one to give you bad news, but some seed companies are already running out of seeds. Don’t panic: there are, in fact, plenty of seeds out there. And if one company doesn’t have your ...

As gardeners curl up on the couch each January, dreaming of abundant summer, a war of words rages in that cozy corner of literature inhabited by seed catalogs. It’s your wits against those of seedsmen ...

Most of the seeds originate with Dutch, British, Italian, Thai, American and Japanese seed growers. Many are heirloom seeds. They include advice and instruction on how to grow plants from seed and how ...

The need for speed has finally caught up with that century-and-a-half-old slice of Americana, the seed catalog. The sale of garden supplies via the Internet will equal or exceed those from printed ...

Seed catalogs have much in common with priceless Monet paintings. His art, often depicting nature, became famous for the ability to capture the viewer's mind and transport one mentally into the scene.

There are certain vices in this world that draw our hands and minds, steal our concentration and ultimately consume us for an undetermined amount of time. Some of these habits are physically and ...

Robins get all the credit for being a first sign of spring, but that’s not entirely true. For gardeners, a seed catalog arriving in the mailbox is the first proof that spring is on its way. Seed ...

Gardeners have relied on the mail for centuries. Long before mail-order nurseries first sent their catalogs to customers, gardeners wrote to friends asking for a piece of a peony root, a tulip bulb or ...

If tending to gardens carried us through the pandemic, seed catalog are sparks of hope, carrying us through the long winter. Even if you order online, these catalogs can inspire, inform and, yes, ...

A seed catalog avalanche cascades into my mail box each winter. I stack them into a tower on the table next to my chair and thumb through them each night while watching NASCAR '"Preseason Thunder" and ...