Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shivering as you get your daily mail, you may just be rewarded with a sure sign of spring – garden catalogs. Chances are, if you ...

It started about a month ago, by mail. Then a week later another one arrived and then another. By last week, garden catalogs were arriving in full force from many of the large and small nurseries ...

Garden catalogs provide a wealth of information about plants, seeds, and gardening tools. Gardeners should carefully review catalog descriptions, including planting instructions and days to maturity, ...

Although there is no meteorological evidence that a near-sighted rodent, namely the groundhog, has any skill predicting long-term weather, it's a wonderful tradition. So, just in case, let's hope ...

It’s always fun when garden catalogs arrive in the mail. Mine generally start to arrive in December and continue through February. In the evening when things slow down, you will find me drooling over ...

Garden catalogs are arriving in the mail with regular frequency these days, and I'm sure I'm not the only gardener drooling over the gorgeous pictures of new plants and cultivars. Many folks use ...

It may be a little too early to break out the gardening shovels, but it’s the perfect time to stack plant and seed catalogs next to your favorite reading chair. Fortunately, most mail-order places ...

As garden catalogs are piling up and online versions fill your inbox, your thoughts may turn to the growing season ahead. With so many choices of beautiful flowers and scrumptious vegetables it can be ...

Gardeners have relied on the mail for centuries. Long before mail-order nurseries first sent their catalogs to customers, gardeners wrote to friends asking for a piece of a peony root, a tulip bulb or ...