The seed catalogues are arriving! Actually, I think most people around here call them catalogs, but either spelling is going to get the idea across.
The first few came last week, but the ones that arrived earliest aren't my favorites. However, yesterday the Fedco catalogue arrived, and today I got one from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange. These are two of my three favorites, so I am a very happy woman.
Actually, it is hard to know whether the early arrival is a good thing. On the one hand, the results of the 2010 gardening season are still pretty fresh in my mind, which should make seed selection easier. I won't have forgotten which varieties did really well and which were a total bust. In addition, this makes my husband's seasonal shopping a lot easier. I can just circle what I want, and he can buy it for the next gift-giving occasion. It's hard to think of a better present than the promise of spring.
On the other hand, I haven't had the down-time from gardening that makes a new catalogue in January seem like such a ray of light in the cold and early-dark of winter.
Luckily for me, I can have the best of both worlds. The catalogue for Sand Hill Preservation Center, the other of my "top three" favorites, always arrives in January.
Oooh, I love looking through catalogs!
ReplyDeletemeemsnyc,
ReplyDeleteI love the catalogues, too, but they definitely "have my number" in terms of the way different varieties of plants are described. I have to really work to restrain myself from buying seeds for some varieties/plants that could not possibly do well here. They just always sound so wonderful . . .