Seed and nursery catalogs are out and we're on the road to planning our 2024 gardens. Catalogs are more than just pictures. They are reference books, telling us what will and won't grow here or how ...

If you’re planning to request a seed catalog in 2025, now is the time to do it. New seed catalogs get printed between mid-December and early January, so the seed catalogs we’ve gathered here are hot ...

In the early days of this column, I had a list of several “must have” seed catalogs. They were all snail mail catalogs. These were the ones that took care of Alaska gardeners or had fantastic pictures ...

A single seed contains all the genetic information it needs to fulfill its unique biological pattern, whether it is programmed to become an aster, zinnia or an oak tree. At this time of year, as we ...

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, ...

I remember when the seed catalog was a fairly elementary publication. Times change. Today’s catalogs are glitzy and packed with pictures and information. But to folks who don’t speak the language, ...

Winter can be a gloomy time of year, but every gardener knows that this is when the excitement builds for spring. The arrival of seed catalogs in the mail is what really sets the season off. If you’ve ...

Yeah, garden seeds are noticeably more expensive these days since the COVID-19 pandemic ushered in a seed boom that involved fulfillment backlogs, shipping snafus, and variety shortages and sellouts.

Who needs a tropical winter vacation when there are seed catalogs to browse! Traveling through the pages of vegetable and flower catalogs is midwinter garden therapy at its finest. Last week’s column ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. For gardening nerds, there are specific events that make us giddy. The first week of soil temps that make planting safe in the spring. The day your ...

At Turtle Tree Seed, adults with developmental differences work “side by side” with other staff to produce seed that’s more artisanal than agribusiness. By Margaret Roach It takes a village, not a ...