Welcome to Saturday Morning Garden Blogging!
Vol. 12.04
It’s the dead of winter and once again we find ourselves inundated with a colorful assortment of Spring seed, bulb, and plant catalogs arriving in the mail in earnest. Some are impressive glossy-paged mini-magazines with glorious digital photography while others are nothing more than scrappy leaflets on newspaper stock with small artist’s renderings and even finer print. Whatever the style of presentation we find ourselves combing through the pages looking for the latest “must have” while compiling wish list after wish list after wish list. Browsing catalogs and placing orders is the gardener’s annual Rite of Spring and helps us focus on the seasons ahead and encourages us to once again begin planning our gardens and landscapes.
While the catalogs are fun to peruse and helpful for making selections anymore I place all my orders on-line at their various websites. Most still have order forms included in the catalog as well as phone numbers but ordering on-line is just so quick and convenient. Plus after placing an order they typically send a confirmation e-mail that really comes in handy come March and April when you’re trying to remember what the heck it was you purchased way back in January!
Join me below as I share some of the sources I use for seeds, bulbs, and live plants. I mostly order flower seeds and landscape plants so I ask those of you who are knowledgeable about vegetable seeds, shrubs, and trees to please share your experience and sources with us in the comments.
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