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RE: It's Seed Catalog Season Already!
Seed catalogs!! What a wonderful idea!! I wish they did that here in Eastern Europe...
Seed catalogs!! What a wonderful idea!! I wish they did that here in Eastern Europe...
Wow - that's interesting. Do you buy seeds from a local store? How do you get information or access to new varieties? Do you generally save your seed from year to year? I love reading seed catalogs. They have so much information in them -- and they are the source of beautiful dreams of beautiful gardens, lol. :D
Yes we buy them from local stores, we save a lot of the seeds from year to year as well and also exchange or buy them from the neighbors. And for the new varieties we must trust the internet :D
I so appreciate learning how you get your seeds. Saving seed, trading seed, buying seed - all that has been so important in our total human history. I still don't trust the internet for seeds, lol. I see some crazy, impossible things for sale on Amazon and Ebay, like blue strawberries. The good seed catalog companies here do testing for high germination rates and no cross-pollination between varieties.
Yes there are some very crazy plants out there in the internet shops:) And it is really a fantastic idea with these food catalogs, knowing exactly the variety that you are buying and what are this variety's quirks.
It's a great way to learn about plants, too. Some of the catalogs have a lot of information about their history and ways to use the plants.