January is a prime time for an attack of the winter ickies. I stave off attacks by searching seed catalogs and sipping herbal tea. Due to high costs of printing and postage, many seed houses have gone ...

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 ...

Here’s how to make sure those impulse catalog purchases result in happy surprises — not buyer’s remorse. By Margaret Roach Not to put a damper on your seed-catalog bingeing — it marks the ritual start ...

January is a tough month for gardeners in Michigan. I depend on seed catalogs and websites to ward off the winter blues. The Botanical Interests web site has instructions how to make seed bombs – a ...

Increasingly, seed catalogs make vegetables and herbs from around the world accessible to American gardeners. Here are some to start with: Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, 417-924-8917 or www.rareseeds.com ...

Kathy Allen couldn’t be happier. It is the day before her new exhibit officially opens and visitors to the University of Minnesota’s Landscape Arboretum are already finding themselves drawn into the ...

With spring still several months away, Colleen Richard won’t be getting her hands in the dirt anytime soon, so she does the next best thing. She sits down with her gardening catalogs and starts to ...

Every year I have a tradition of saving all of my seed catalogs for one snowy cold day, so I can dig into them on a quiet Saturday morning with a steaming mug of tea, dog-earing and marking all the ...

Those colorful seed catalogs for vegetables and flowers that everyone gets this time of year are right on schedule. Problem is, they're Greek to me. Green Knight Hybrid cucumbers? Mr. Big peas? Better ...

It is time for your mailbox to bloom! Seed and plant catalogs should be arriving in great numbers. If you are not on the mailing list of numerous gardening companies, look in the many magazines you ...