Seeds: Burpee catalogs mailed out early this year

Local gardeners got a jump start on their 2012 summer harvest with the early arrival of a perennial favorite, the Burpee catalog.

Green Space: Sneaky books that feed seed fantasies

Seed catalogues are one of the few worthwhile free entertainments. I spend many cups of coffee pouring over mine. It’s not the slick paper and pretty pictures that attract. It’s dreams on a cold winter day of sun-drenched gardens in May, sigh.

2012 seed catalogue review

If the print medium has died, why do seed catalogues still litter our desks and coffee tables in healthy numbers? Here’s why. The Web is great for finding exactly what you want — say, a medium-sized, early-ripening, red sweet pepper — but catalogues tell you what you don’t know you want, which is much more fun. They are their own mixed-up minestrone of fact, fiction, science, art, history and ...

Time for McGrath's annual seed catalog roundup

We always clue our listeners in to the money-saving deals that some seed catalogs offer as an incentive to get people to order before the big springtime crush, but I've never seen an offer like this in my 20 plus years of garden reporting.

Luxury season

January is the time for gardeners to relax, reflect and revamp their plans For the gardener, the new year is the perfect annual moment to resolve to do better. The first six to eight weeks give us a luxury unknown in the growing season: time. From your armchair, you can theoretically correct all the mistakes of the past year and dream about the growing season ahead, plan for it, buy some seeds ...