2012 Seed catalogs rollin' in

[GardenRN]

It's that time o' year!! just thought I'd take a poll and see which seed catalogs everyone has gotten in so far for 2012.

I have gotten;
Park Seed
High Mowing Organic Seeds
Seed Saver's Exchange

What have you gotten?

[DoubleDogFarm]

Only Johnny's Selcted seeds so far.

Eric

[lily51]

Love it when the catalogs show up!
So far: stokes
Park
R.h.shunway
It's interesting to read this post and get
Ideas for more catalogs to collect.

[gixxerific]

Totally tomatoes and Baker Creek sor far. Still waiting on some more.

[digitS']

Totally Tomatoes, and Vermont Bean - as well. Also, Jung's and HPS to somewhat round out the Jung's Group. Then, I will order from any except the HPS thru egardenersplace.com.

Also, have Johnny's, Harris, Stokes, and Osborne and just had Fedco's show up in the mailbox a couple days ago. First of the season was Pinetree.

If things go as usual, the last for the season will come in the new year with Kitazawa.

Steve

[Susan W]

Southern Exposure Seed Exchange

[gumbo2176]

I got my Johnny's Seeds catalog a few days ago and I've decided I need a bigger yard. The reality is, there isn't a thing I can do about the size of my yard except move to a larger piece of property.

Yeah, that's the ticket. Someplace rural, with a pond, fenced and cross fenced, a barn, greenhouse and shop. And a chicken coop with laying hens----someone stop me before I go into my "Of Mice and Men" mode.

[DoubleDogFarm]

Yeah, that's the ticket. Someplace rural, with a pond, fenced and cross fenced, a barn, greenhouse and shop. And a chicken coop with laying hens----someone stop me before I go into my "Of Mice and Men" mode.

Gumbo, I was thinking you wanted to be Tevye the Dairyman.

I'd build a big tall house with rooms by the dozen,
Right in the middle of the town.
A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below.
There would be one long staircase just going up,
And one even longer coming down,
And one more leading nowhere, just for show.

I'd fill my yard with chicks and turkeys and geese and ducks
For the town to see and hear.
And each loud "cheep" and "swaqwk" and "honk" and "quack"
Would land like a trumpet on the ear,
As if to say "Here lives a wealthy man."

Eric

[GardenRN]

The reality is, there isn't a thing I can do about the size of my yard except move to a larger piece of property.

you could start scootching your fence in your neighbor's direction a tiny bit @ a time.....see if they notice.

[gumbo2176]

Gumbo, except for the greenhouse, you are describing our little farm. C'mon to Texas, we'll get you settled in real fast (a great cook is always welcome).

Then you have a nice place and one I'd like to someday own. At least that is my dream when the wife finally calls it quits on her job and we sell the house here in the city.


I just don't know if I could handle those drought conditions your area of the world has been under. I remember riding my motorcycle across N.Texas a few years ago on my way to Colorado and stopping outside Wichita Falls and a dust storm blew up so bad it made our group stop for about 1/2 hour.

[DoubleDogFarm]

I just don't know if I could handle those drought conditions your area of the world has been under. I remember riding my motorcycle across N.Texas a few years ago on my way to Colorado and stopping outside Wichita Falls and a dust storm blew up so bad it made our group stop for about 1/2 hour.

How about the opposite. Come to Washington. Many of us have greenhouses.

Eric

[GardenRN]

Eric, the sun may set out there in the west, but it rises here in the east! So technically we get it before you do! lol

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[DoubleDogFarm]

Jeff,

I'm the youngest of four boys, so I am accustomed to seconds.

Eric

[GardenRN]

There's not many 2nds from a brother I'd want any part of if your brothers were the kind of brother I was. lol

[DoubleDogFarm]

Me eyes me eyes, scratching out me eyes.

Jeff, This is heading for the big red posting block or delete from the Mod wand.

delete delete delete.

[rainbowgardener]

So I will get this back on topic. I just now got my first seed catalog- I always thought they waited to send them til after the Christmas catalogs quit, not to get lost in the rush. Anyway it is from R H Shumway's seeds. It has a cool, retro newspaper look and lots of interesting and unusual varieties, but I threw it out (recycled of course!). Two reasons it irritated me: they don't tell you the growing conditions anything needs, sun or shade or anything and they seem to be making grandiose claims. E.g they listed Rosemary 'Madeline Hill' as hardy to zone 5. Every other catalog lists it as hardy to zone 6. What I read of people's actual experiences sounds like even in zone 6, it really only makes it if you have a protected, south facing sunny area (which probably makes a micro-climate closer to zone 7). I may try it anyway (though I don't have a space like that), because I would love to have rosemary that could stay outside here in zone 6. But Shumway seemed to be pushing product at the expense of setting people up to fail.

[Alan in Vermont]

I got the Shumway catalog today, not much of interest in there for me.

Harris cat. came about a month ago. I ordered from them last year and will be ordering more for 2012. I get the commercial catalog and was pleasantly surprised when I got a phone call from them the day after I ordered online. The sales rep. wanted to make me aware of the consulting staff they have and thanked me for my order. Not much of an order by commercial standards, $200 or so, so I was quite impressed by the attention I got for it.

Received one from Holmes Seed Co. out of Canton, OH. They have a good selection but their quantities are geared to someone working more than 3 acres and the catalog, while nice to look at is very clumsy to navigate as some items are described, quantities listed and priced on three different pages.

[gardenvt]

I've been receiving catalogs since October - the last one being RH Shumway on Saturday. Nicely illustrated but nothing that struck me as interesting enough to make an order. Other catalogs: Johnny's, Baker Creek, Stokes, Parks, Pinetree, Seed Saver & Vermont Bean (not located in Vermont).

I placed and received three orders last week. The catalogs are always so enticing but I stayed within my planned budget and 2012 garden plans. Lots of 2012 seeds available locally if I just have to have one more packet of veggie seeds - more spinach or lettuce?

The catalogs have been coming in earlier since 2008 when the economy sank and many more people began growing home gardens.

[GardenRN]

I noticed the other day that southern states has gotten their new shipments of seeds in for the spring already. They had a few of the varieties that I was going to order so I got the opportunity to save on shipping. Aside from the fact that the pack of seeds was cheaper also.

[DoubleDogFarm]

Johnny's Selected seeds , Territorial seed Co. and today Field & Forest Products. Specialty mushrooms. Spawn & Supply catalog


Eric

[digitS']

. . . a 2nd Jung's . . .

Territorial, & . . .

Tomato Growers Supply Company!

Oh, Boy!!

Steve

[rainbowgardener]

NOW the seed catalogs are starting to roll in. Yesterday I got Territorial, Jung, Gurney, and Garden's Alive.

For me at least, the seed catalogs never come until the Christmas catalog craziness is over. I always thought they did that on purpose, not to get lost in the rush....

Once New Years is past, I will sit down with a few catalogs and put a seed order in!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

[applestar]

I really like Field and Forest... But I would've thought you'd source from
Fungi Perfecti, Eric.

My criteria for "good"~"excellent" seed catalog -- (1) lists approx. days to maturity of EACH variety (2) specifies pumpkin and squash species C. Pepo, C. Maxima, C. Moschata, etc. (3) specifies when to plant seeds based on last frost date e.g. X days/wks before frost, direct seed or start seedlings ahead of time, (4) provides ideal seed germination temperatures (5) lists average mature height/width of each variety.... (6) offers organic seeds and organic pest/disease control

This one might be just me, but I don't/can't keep catalogs that smell strongly of chemical ink. Ones that I really like, like Johnny's -- when they seem to send a catalog every month during the spring season -- might get sent out to the garage to air out. (Incidentaly, I hate it when MY catalogs smell like someone drenched in perfume has been handling it.....)

[DoubleDogFarm]

I really like Field and Forest... But I would've thought you'd source from
Fungi Perfecti, Eric.

Thanks for the reminder. I went to their site and requested a catalog.

Eric

[carolyn137]

I've been receiving catalogs since October - the last one being RH Shumway on Saturday. Nicely illustrated but nothing that struck me as interesting enough to make an order. Other catalogs: Johnny's, Baker Creek, Stokes, Parks, Pinetree, Seed Saver & Vermont Bean (not located in Vermont).

I placed and received three orders last week. The catalogs are always so enticing but I stayed within my planned budget and 2012 garden plans. Lots of 2012 seeds available locally if I just have to have one more packet of veggie seeds - more spinach or lettuce?

The catalogs have been coming in earlier since 2008 when the economy sank and many more people began growing home gardens.

Aha, but Vt Bean WAS originally in VT. And I used to order stuff from Vt Bean when they were in VT. Where I live I'm only about two miles from the VT border on the NY side and if I could get over Egg MT where the road deadends I could slide down in Manchester.

Here's the back story.

Wayne Hilton started Totally Tomatoes, Seymour Seeds, HPS. and Shumways. In a nasty taskeover he bought out Vt Bean which then he owned.

He had bought the Shumway name for $2000 and no seeds came with it so he went to SSE members to get appropriate seeds.

He then sold all of his companies to Jung's several years ago b'c one of the founders of Jung's was good friends of the original Shumway folks but in order to get Shumways they had to buy all the others.

So if the shipping address on the back cover says Randolf, WI, that's the main Jung's address.

Carolyn

[digitS']

Aha, but Vt Bean WAS originally in VT. . .

He then sold all of his companies to Jung's several years ago . . .
So if the shipping address on the back cover says Randolf, WI, that's the main Jung's address.

Carolyn

I'm quite sure that I remember a Rockford, Illinois address for Shumway for the 1st several years that I ordered from them. Then, the address was in South Carolina for a few years . . . then, it was the same as Jungs . . .

Yes, I remember buying seed from VBS when the address was Vermont. It seemed to be a new company then but it may have been that getting the catalog in my mailbox was just new-to-me.

Of course, all this was during the time when I was sweating steel tires on wagon wheels under the chestnut tree .

Steve

[DoubleDogFarm]

Of course, all this was during the time when I was still working as a wheelwright at the carriage factory

Steve, You must be old

Applying the tyre to the 12lb Mtn Howitzer wheel. Or tire, to band the wheel together.

Eric

[GardenRN]

Add Gurney's, Gardens alive, and Burpee to my list...LOVE when a bunch come at the same time!

[dustyrivergardens]

lol those are the exact magazines I got...

[Intriguedbybonsai]

Hi everyone! I thought I'd compose a list of the seed companies that our fellow HG members have listed. It makes it easier to find seed catalogs. I got really bored so I even provided links to their websites.

Park Seed https://parkseed.com/
High Mowing Organic Seeds https://www.highmowingseeds.com
Johnny's Selected seeds https://www.johnnyseedsonlinecatalog.com
Stokes https://www.stokeseeds.com/
R.H. Shumway https://www.rhshumway.com
Totally tomatoes https://www.totallytomato.com/
PineTree Garden Seeds https://www.superseeds.com/
Vermont Bean https://www.vermontbean.com/
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange https://www.southernexposure.com/
Harris https://www.harrisseeds.com
Holmes Seed Co. https://holmesseed.com/
Territorial seed Co. https://www.territorialseed.com/
Field & Forest Products (I couldn't really find much on this one.)
Tomato Growers Supply Company https://www.tomatogrowers.com/
Jung https://www.jungseed.com/
Gurney https://gurneys.com
Fungi Perfecti https://fungi.com/
Henry Fields https://www.henryfields.com
Burpee https://www.burpee.com
Gardens Alive https://www.gardensalive.com
HPS https://www.hpsseed.com/

[DoubleDogFarm]

fieldforest.net They drop "&" in the web address.

https://www.fieldforest.net/store/index.php?main_page=page&id=3&chapter=0

Eric

[GardenRN]

aaaaand HPS, Jung, and Totally Tomatoes! Muahahahaha! It's like Gardening without gardening.

Also saw today that Southern States has the Jiffy seed starting kits in. Case anyone is lookin'.

[Intriguedbybonsai]

I thought I'd add Bonnie to the list, but they don't offer seed catalogs. Though they do sell seedlings in garden centers in spring and summer.

[Ozark Lady]

Pinetree https://www.superseeds.com/cart.php
J L Hudson seedsman https://www.jlhudsonseeds.net/VegetablesA-D.htm
I am missing a few that I normally get, did I misplace them, or are they late?
And some of my favorites don't publish a catalog, only do online:
The other seed companies that I order from include:
Sustainable seeds https://sustainableseedco.com/
Heirloom Acres https://www.heirloomacres.net/CatalogGrp.asp?prm=1
Seedsman https://www.seedman.com/
Le Jardin du Gourmet https://www.artisticgardens.com/catalog/
Tom and Rob Wagner https://newworldcrops.com/wp/ (these are the plant breeders themselves selling seeds and tubers of their specialties..tomatoes and potatoes)

[rainbowgardener]

Great suggestions, glad to see you are still around Ozark Lady!!

[GardenRN]

"Bountiful Gardens" got here yesterday

[ninasgarden]

I have received my Henry Fields, Burgess, and Gurneys, and Michigan bulb catalogs.[/list]

[ninasgarden]

I have received my Henry Fields, Burgess, and Gurneys, and Michigan bulb catalogs.[/list]