Thursday, December 22, 2011

Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the seed catalogs are so delightful!


Is it me or does it seem like they came earlier this year? I think I remember getting them in the cold dole-drums of January last year.  I’ll be honest though, the weather here in Southern Virginia hasn’t been too terribly frightful, in fact…I picked my last 5 habanero peppers last Friday before pruning the plant back and covering it up for the winter, “hoping” with fingers crossed it’ll over winter (anyone out there ever over wintered a habanero plant before, this was just such a great producer I’d love to keep it around)

I digress…

I think for a gardener, nothing is a better present than sitting down with a cup of tea and flipping through the seed catalogs just dreaming of what you’ll plant next year…



I’m going to try and get my act together this winter and go into spring with a plan…a bona fide, grow from seed, propagate from cuttings, plan! 

So what about you? Are you already receiving your catalogs? Are they earmarked, and tagged with post-its yet?

Are there any new seeds you’ve decided to try this year?

I'll be spending some time during the next few days off going through these and marking them up... here are the ones I have so far. Any I'm missing you'd recommend?? 

I hope you all have a wonderful Holiday Season!! 


Southern Exposure Seed Exchange: I love the illustrations in this one.
I'd love to frame some of the artwork
High Mowing Organic Seeds: This is a new one for me this year!

Seed Savers Exchange:  The first Seed Catalog I ever got and probably still my favorite



Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds: The pictures in this one are
 just amazing






Sunday, December 18, 2011

Missing Gardener has been found....

Well color me embarrassed.  I have no clue how it got from July to December but it did....  I'm so sorry I have been MIA....

Well I'm starting my 2012 New Years resolution early. I will be back to updating this blog on a regular basis. Check back later this week for a brand new post...I promise.

I hope you all had a WONDERFUL harvest season and are having a magical Holiday Season!

See you soon!