Do mail-order seed companies take business away from local garden centers? Not really. Seed catalogs and the inspiration they provide tend to increase total market demand for gardening products.

Yeah, garden seeds are noticeably more expensive these days since the COVID-19 pandemic ushered in a seed boom that involved fulfillment backlogs, shipping snafus, and variety shortages and sellouts.

Here are a few highly recommended mail-order seed companies: Johnny’s Selected Seeds, Park Seed Co., Heirloom Seeds (heirloomseeds.com), Stokes Seed, Territorial Seed Co. and Totally Tomatoes (a ...

By the late 19th century, mail-order catalogs had become an important source for a great variety of seeds and bulbs. It was only a matter of time before gardeners realized that birdbaths, wind ...

As always, buy seeds and plants from trusted sources, says McGowan. PHOTO: If you receive seeds in the mail that you didn’t order, do not plant them.

I may be only one bag of Miracle-Gro away from officially overboard on the whole garden thing this year. I blame it all on a long, hard winter. My survival kit during snowbound months with no sun and ...