I joined the Seed Savers Exchange a few months ago, and was excited to get the annual Yearbook in the mail a couple days ago. It is big -- ...

Okay, I know what you are thinking. 'Magnificent' and 'Mum' are not two words that usually go together. Those little round ...

I have already (I'm so organized this year!) put in almost all my vegetable seed orders, gone through my boxes of old seeds, and figured...

It is official. Plant catalog season is underway! Time to make some tea, get a blanket, and do some serious dreaming about next year's g...

While you are thinking about shopping, why not go buy my cartoon calendar ? It makes a perfect gift for that gardener in your life (even i...

After years of looking at the fall blooming crocus options in bulb catalogs, this year I finally bought a few. Oh. My. God. I am in love. ...

I got a flower bulb catalog the other day from Colorblends . It was a bit late for me as I always put in my bulb orders back in June to take...

I used to say pansies and violas just weren't worth growing. Here in the midwest winter slips pretty quickly into summer, with only a br...

I was at the grocery store, and they had a big display of bulbs for sale. I already put in a huge order for bulbs, but....

Bearded irises. I've always thought of them as being pretty in a generic, over-planted way, when they flower, but inclined to require st...

I try to avoid taking my partner when I go plant shopping. Mostly because I usually plan on piling plants in the space where he would be sit...

This year, I started keeping a spreadsheet of all the new plant varieties and species I acquire in my garden so when I forget a name, I can ...

I took what I try very hard to make my annual trip to Arrowhead Alpines recently. By which I mean that I try very hard to go ONLY once a yea...

I got my copy of Asiatica's spring catalog the other day, which opens with a chatty letter from the owner. This year, a fairly depressi...

I opened my mail box yesterday to find catalogs from High Country Gardens, Johnny's Selected Seeds, and Bluestone Perennials. All compan...

My drawing yesterday was a happy image of how getting packages of seeds is like having a mailbox full of plants in the middle of winter. T...

I'm all keen to get more house plants (even if, as my brother mentioned , this is more of a return to a former interest than anything...

So this weekend I went to Meijer Gardens -- a huge public greenhouse about an hours drive away in Grand Rapids. They were having their annu...