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Seed catalogs entertain as well as educate

Maybe there should be an Academy Awards kind of event for people who create seed and garden catalogs. They certainly deserve it, having entertained and enlightened generations of growers with

Some garden catalogs specialize in good information

In keeping with the theme of catalogs this month, here are a few that contain useful information. I'm not saying most catalogs are lacking in useful information. In fact, you

Find unusual plants, garden humor in offbeat catalogs

In recent columns I've listed this year's must-have catalogs and suggested perennial catalogs that might interest the Alaska gardener. This week, how about some unusual catalogs, or at least catalogs

Find unusual plants, garden humor in offbeat catalogs

In recent columns I've listed this year's must-have catalogs and suggested perennial catalogs that might interest the Alaska gardener. This week, how about some unusual catalogs, or at least catalogs

Seed catalogs plant row after row of ideas

By DOUGLASS OSTER When a gardening friend told me he had thrown away the first catalog he received, I was puzzled. "Their seeds are too expensive, and they're not selling plants this

Seed catalogs have rules, too

Now that we have all those newly delivered, luscious seed catalogs staring us in the face, what are we going to do with them? For many, the answer is nothing.

Garden catalogs enticing

If all our flowers and vegetables blossomed and fruited as well as they do in the seed catalogs that are filling our mailboxes, we would be living in a paradise

SAVING SEEDS

Saving your own vegetable seed is fun. It offers a sense of self-sufficiency and saves money. You can maintain a variety that is not available commercially. There are certain considerations

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