Looking through the catalogs
At this time of year I like to curl up with my hot cocoa and all the plant and seed catalogs I have. Burpee's, White Flower Farms and Forest Farm are the ones I have right now. Once the cocoa is finished I come back to the computer and search all over again at Spring Hill Nursery, Nature Hills, and Gurney's among many, many others. I don't know about you, but I don't seem to get as many catalogs in the mail as I used to. I enjoy looking things up on the net, but nothing beats the combination of a seed catalog and hot cocoa in the winter. I have noticed many companies do have a place to order their catalog, so I plan to request a few more - you know I need them - and then I'll really get my gardens planned. Back to the net -- Burpee's has a garden wizard function now. It's a 3 step process. You choose whether you're interested in veggie/fruit or flowers, then answer a couple of other questions and they suggest plants that will work for your exposure and amount of care you want to provide. It's a cool tool so go check it out when you run out of cocoa.
Thanks to Andrew Stenning who contributed the photograph for our masthead