DECORAH, Iowa — Nothing can take away cabin fever except the coming of spring, but planning a garden can spur things along for those waiting for warmer winds. Although there may be snow on the ground, ...

Every year, I vow my garden will be better than the last and seed catalogs are one way to cultivate that dream. One of my favorites is the catalog from Seed Savers Exchange, based in Decorah. The ...

WASHINGTON — In the new year, there are several noteworthy seed catalogs to check out to enhance your garden. In last week’s Garden Plot, I covered five good ones to check out in 2015. Now it’s on to ...

The organization sells more than 1 million seed packets each year to the public through catalog and retail sales. About 70 percent of the organization's $5 million annual budget comes from general ...

So far, so good: We haven't descended into the usual deep freeze of winter quite yet. But the long nights of winter are the perfect occasion to think about next year's garden. And nothing helps you ...

As metro Detroiters get ready to head down into the deep freeze this week (with a high of 11 degrees predicted for Thursday), it may seem like the wrong time to think about spring. But as seasoned ...

Hello. My name is Erin and I'm a seed-catalog addict. You might as well know now, if we're going to have any sort of meaningful relationship. Acknowledging the problem is the first step. In the ...

One of my favorite winter activities is flipping through seed catalogs, checking out the latest varieties and getting my nerd fix on with old-timey stories about heirloom vegetables and where they ...

A song called “One Ton Tomato” (a parody of “Guantanamera”), as aired by radio host Dr. Demento in 1980, has stuck mercilessly in my mind ever since, and I recall it each year when the new Burpee seed ...

The chaos of the holidays has passed, and we’ve entered that sweet, if brief, quiet period where reflecting and planning can take place. Now is the time to grab your stack of seed catalogs and begin ...

There is nothing like seed and plant catalogs to activate your horticultural hormones. I know, horticultural hormones may not actually exist, but how else to explain the powerful desire, if not lust, ...