It’s the dead of winter and the garden is asleep, but your mailbox is alive with beautiful seed catalogs. Alas, it is time to inventory and order seeds. But how do you resist the urge to buy one seed ...

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 ...

Seed catalogs seem to show up earlier and earlier – I think my first one arrived in October this year (a record). I don’t let that rush me, though. I have a yearly ritual of hoarding my seed catalogs ...

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 ...

DENVER — It can take weeks to get your seed orders together for the coming spring and summer months, but all that planning can be a good distraction from the bitter cold of winter. Seed catalogs are ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. It's no wonder that gardeners love the first few ...

In the middle of the unforgiving Canadian winter, there’s one thing that brings me spring-like cheer: seed catalogs. I’ve been a seed catalog enthusiast for as long as I can remember. As a child ...

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 ...

Few pieces of reading material can fuel ambition like a seed catalog. They arrive in the mail during the darkest days of the year, offering warm hopes and delicious dreams of lush vegetation and tasty ...

Are more gardeners in my shade-blocked predicament these days? To my joy, since I garden under very large trees, plants that get by on minimal sun seem more plentiful in this year's offerings. Check ...

In an old French gardening book, the author describes the winter ordering of seeds for the new year's garden. "We wait until the children are in bed. We must choose wisely because if the children were ...

Q. I am interested in ordering seeds from a garden catalog. However, with so many catalogs, how do I know which catalogs are reputable?A. In the midst of winter's chill, gardeners can become tempted ...