Seed Shopping Is a Winter Sport for Gardeners
But don’t forget to use seeds leftover from the year before!
Nothing can inspire grand garden dreams quite so perfectly as the glossy, four-color pages of a good seed catalog. They make it easy to believe that anyone can successfully grow anything, from the most common garden varieties to the rarest and, of course, fussiest of plants.
Winter days are a great time to spend poring over seed catalogs (or seed company websites) and placing orders for those heirloom flowers and vegetables that aren’t easy to come by in 6-packs or 4-inch pots in the spring.
Since the pandemic started more Americans have begun gardening and intend to keep gardening. Still, seed shopping and starting plants from seed may be a new experience for some. Don’t be intimidated! Growing from seed is the best way to get your choice of the widest array of varieties at the best prices.
There are lots of great seed companies, large and small, and most of them can be depended on to deliver reliably fresh seeds. My all-time favorite seed company is Renee’s Garden Seeds, because they not only have an outstanding assortment but they also have the most complete, most informative seed packets that often include tips for harvesting and preparing the edibles and using the ornamentals for the…
