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LuckyMommyof5
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Suzanne
OH
USA
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 Posted - Jan 11 2012 : 12:02:08 PM
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I am sure I know the answer to this, but I had to put it out there anyway:
Anyone else spend inordinate amount of hours around this time every year completely obsessed with an annual stack of seed and plant catalogs?
I usually spend so much time dog-earing, marking, reading and re-reading min from Dec-Feb when I finally place orders that my husband actually starts to become jealous of them. It's the thing that usually keeps me going through the winter - dreams of Spring and tackling a garden again.
My current favorite catalog is called The Cook's Garden - it has all organic plants and seeds and free shipping. I must control myself this year - I ordered about 10 too many vegetables for our raised bed and ended up lining them up in pots on our porch and having to create "teepees" of deer fencing to protect them from the hungry grazers.
Oh, can't wait for Spring...
Farmgirl Sister #3243
"The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong." - Laura Ingalls Wilder |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jan 11 2012 : 4:13:44 PM
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I hate to say no, but no I don't. However, LOL, I am mesmerized by the way my Sweetie (Hubby) looks at the plant and seed catalogs. When he plants the seeds, etc... I am the one to water, weed, and feed. That is the mesmerizing part to me. I love it.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Catherine
True Blue Farmgirl
166 Posts
Catherine Ann
Temple
TX
USA
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Posted - Jan 12 2012 : 09:06:08 AM
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A relaxing with a cup of tea and a stack of seed catalogs is one of my favorite ways to spend a winter's evening :) !
They are my favorite "wish books" and a source of great inspiration.
Enjoy your seed catalogs!
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Farmgirl Sister #1801
Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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LuckyMommyof5
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Suzanne
OH
USA
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Posted - Jan 12 2012 : 11:42:16 AM
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Marly - I am so glad my husband isn't as obsessed with the catalogs as I am because I think we would get into a tussle over who would get to look at them first! Ha! But I think it's cool that he plants the seeds and then you garden - awesome teamwork!
Catherine - I know! I develop wish lists of seeds and plants enough to over fill our growing space several times over. I always have to cut back severely before I actually order. I ran out of ideal places to plant roses (I am partial to Buck Hardy varieties), but I got my favorite rose catalog in the mail and now I am tempted to order miniature roses to grow in pots.
I love all the garden dreaming in the Winter.
Farmgirl Sister #3243
"The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong." - Laura Ingalls Wilder |
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Catherine
True Blue Farmgirl
166 Posts
Catherine Ann
Temple
TX
USA
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LuckyMommyof5
True Blue Farmgirl
500 Posts
Suzanne
OH
USA
500 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2012 : 11:59:02 AM
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I adore roses - all kinds. With having four little girls (ages 1 to 9) I don't get as much time to devote to my garden as I would like (or that it needs, frankly), so I often have to go for lower maintenance varieties of everything (which is why I plant so many tomatoes and chili pepppers every spring!). Buck Hardy roses seem to thrive even when I am lax in their care. I'm hoping if I go ahead with ordering some miniature roses for pots they will also be forgiving.
Farmgirl Sister #3243
"The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong." - Laura Ingalls Wilder |
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FarmDream
True Blue Farmgirl
1085 Posts
Julie
TX
USA
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Posted - Jan 13 2012 : 08:49:22 AM
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This was the first year I ordered seed catalogs. I know, I'm way behind the curve. I can see why they are so addicting. I could read them all through, put them away for a week, and then reread them all the way through again, rinse, repeat. My DD actually dropped one on the ground when she went and got the mail. Eek!
~FarmDream is Farmgirl Sister #3069
Live Today, Cherish Yesterday, Dream Tomorrow
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