A note from an old friend is a welcome find in the mailbox. And an unexpected check in the mail can make one’s day. But a flower catalog? Oh, a flower catalog! Amid a damp, dreary winter — with its ...
As we crotchety old folks are wont to do, I long for the olden days, back when my mailbox, the steel one out by the road, was stuffed spring and fall with catalogs and bulky press kits. Now I get ...
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 ...
The Shepherd’s Garden Seeds catalog, which White Flower Farm bought from founder Renee Shepherd in 1985, will be folded into the White Flower Farm catalog this spring. “Mailing the two catalogs didn’t ...
If you have been at the gardening game for a while, you can still benefit from reviewing seed catalogs. We can learn about new plant varieties that are now available. You have learned your garden, ...
With catalogs, you can preorder things such as bulbs and bare-root perennials and they will be shipped when it’s time to plant them. Container: With more people gardening in pots, more compact ...
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes 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 ...
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 ...
They’re in the mail. Nona Koivula, who as executive director of the National Garden Bureau in Downer’s Grove, Ill., is on everyone’s mailing list, says she received 20 garden catalogs in the first two ...
It’s hard to believe that the New Year has begun, bringing its flood of sparkling new gardening catalogs for 1988. The glossy pictures are a torment and a delight for dedicated gardeners, who use them ...
If you have been at the gardening game for a while, you can still benefit from reviewing seed catalogs. We can learn about new plant varieties that are now available. You have learned your garden, ...