Posted on 01/01/2022 6:15:02 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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Top Garden Seed Catalogs – 2022
“One of the hardest decisions a gardener must make is where to buy their garden seeds, plants and supplies. Especially when so much is now available online. Here at The Garden Glove, we have several favorite garden seed catalogs and suppliers, and we update this list every January. This list has been updated for 2022. Here is some info on our top picks that we use ourselves, and our experience with them, along with their website information. Log onto their websites and request their catalogs today to have seeds in time for spring planting! Or order online like I do… And check out our favorite choices for buying live plants online at the end! And now on to our list of the best 2022 garden seed catalogs!”
https://www.thegardenglove.com/top-garden-seed-catalogs/
Free Garden Seed Catalogs and Plant Catalogs
Catherine Boeckmann
December 28, 2021
It may feel early, but the garden season really begins in December with the arrival of the countless seed catalogs in our mailboxes. Here is a wonderful list of free garden seed catalogs—and some of our favorites. Given the massive increase in gardening in recent years, the growers have prepared plenty of stock and all hands are on deck. Start dreaming!
The catalogs are listed below in alphabetical order. Most of the seed and plant catalogs are complimentary; a handful might not be free but they are still worth considering. None of the catalogs in this list are produced or sold by The Old Farmer’s Almanac. This is simply a list which both Almanac editors and readers have suggested:
https://www.almanac.com/content/garden-seed-catalogs-mail
The listing of seed catalogs from Farmer's Almanac looks really good, and has links right to the catalogs themselves to request them. I get a ton of catalogs already, but I'm always up for one or two more! Enjoy!
Thank you, Good morning and Happy New Year 😊
Since I’m in the Missouri Ozarks, I buy my seeds from https://www.rareseeds.com/ aka Baker Creek Seeds who are also in the Missouri Ozarks because I figure, after several generations, they’re acclimated to the basic same climate and soil conditions that I have.
High Mowing Seeds is supposed to be a good one and they’re in Vermont so that might be a good outlet for you New Englanders.
Praying for more and more and more.
Plants are happy. Very very happy:
Hibiscus has perked up:
Cyclamen loved the rain:
Gaillardia too:
The only member of the family that wasn't happy was this one:
Thanks for the PING - seed orders go in today!
Yikes, already time to start my nasturtiums.
For fans of hard to find heirloom corns and other unusual veggies; Sandhill Preservation catalog is scheduled to become available at their site January 3rd. This mail-order outfit runs out of certain popular varieties FAST, so don’t dwaddle!
Reminder of my Prepping/Homesteading files available for all to download; https://permasteader.com/cloud/index.php/s/H8iLwmfLHiGFyjG
After ten long years, I finally did a little canning. Made 14 pints of chicken stock using carcasses I’d been collecting in the freezer for about a year. Did the pressure canning on the glass top range which worked out ok. Barely got hot enough as I never had to turn it down from high after the weight started jiggling.
I only buy whole chickens as it’s a better deal and the only way I cook them anymore is spatchcock and roast. Never a dry or rubbery breast again as long as I stay away from Tyson’s oversized birds. I’ve been buying Springer brand which are always smaller and seem like less of a factory bird.
The kids like my chicken so much that they no longer like fried chicken. They like moist without the grease.
Skipped the gardening for a couple of years while I worked on other things like a fence around 12 acres. With prices the way they are, I won’t be skipping the garden this year.
Meat goat numbers should be increasing soon. Got three does so anywhere from 3-6 kids should pop out over the next month or two. I don’t have any cross fencing or pens for selective or timed breeding. It’s pretty much a free for all out there. Two bucks so who knows who did who.
Got lucky as a neighbor who has horses was looking to get rid of four round bales of hay which he gave to me. His old mare has bad teeth and can no longer yank hay from a round bale so he swapped to square bales so he can pull flakes for her. The four bales should get me through winter.
I have a feeling your pictures will help us make it through the winter. Thanks.
I just received my Baker Creek catalogue. Their organic seeds are very good. In fact we are eating New Year’s collards from the garden today I raised from Baker Creek seeds.
I found that if I let some of the Komatsuna Mustard Green bolt, it will regrow the following years. Planted some once several years ago and I still saw some sprout last Spring. I need to make a permanent bed for it like asparagus.
Thank you for these garden source lists. I have a big stack of catalogs going back 20 years or more. With these lists I should be able to throw out a lot of old stuff and still be sure of finding good sources. My sons are urging me to purge before I die, so they have less clutter to declutter. ;-)
There are obvious drawbacks to living in California, but gardening isn't one of them. We have gardening all year.
He's hoping his grass patch will recover after the rains - it's the only grass he has left!
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