The winter solstice hasn’t quite arrived but the seed catalogs are piling up. A few arrive every day. For the most part they are packed with glossy photos of stunning vegetables in rainbow colors. Many, like Johnny’s provide exceptional horticultural information, as good as most vegetable gardening books. There’s Seed Savers Exchange and Shepherd’s Kitchen Garden Seeds…all delightful with their own assortment of goods. But I like to look at old seed catalogs.
They have a charm like none other. Old line drawings, lithographs, some with watercolors. This one from 1917, meant to get people interested in their “War Gardens” offers a wonderful peek back into the world of home gardening almost a century ago.
So what catalogs have you received and what seeds will you buy for the coming year?
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