With the extreme cold that we have experienced this past week, I have begun my indulgence in the spring gardening catalogs as they arrive in my mail daily. They always brighten my day a little, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shivering as you get your daily mail, you may just be rewarded with a sure sign of spring – garden catalogs. Chances are, if you ...

Come late winter, newspaper garden writers routinely deliver a column about plant and seed catalogs. I sympathize. There’s not a ton to write about, with the ground half-frozen and the sun still low ...

While organizing my tax papers last night, I took breaks to peruse Brent & Becky's Bulbs catalog, one of my favorite. It was a whole lot more fun than sorting receipts. And it got me thinking of all ...

These days, the morning sun on the snow is almost blinding, but the cold and snow are going to be around for a long time. Looking at the spot in the yard where the snowdrop plants are planted, I find ...

The art in these catalogs is often highly elaborate. In 17th-century catalogs such as the Florilegium of Dutch nurseryman Emanuel Sweert (1552-1612), plants are usually etched side by side in ...

Now that we have brought plants that spent the summer outdoors back inside, we need to be checking for fungus gnats. They are small dark flies that lay their eggs in moist soil. Their larvae feed on ...

As you become an experienced gardener, you will want plants that you have a hard time finding locally. This new plant situation is a "Catch-22" problem. If people don't buy new plants, then stores won ...

Fall is always an interesting time in the Cappiello household. Over the summer, I get out all those garden porn bulb catalogs with all their glossy color pages and come-hither looking blooms. I dog ...

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On my homestead, I grow some cold-loving greens and herbs in winter, but otherwise my gardens won’t be productive until the warmer weather returns in late spring. For avid gardeners like me, the short ...