January in the Red River Valley of the North gets a bad rap because it's a long, cold month - the coldest on the calendar. But there is a warming factor that happens as regularly as winter sundogs ...

Shivering as you get your daily mail, you may just be rewarded with a sure sign of spring – garden catalogs. Chances are, if you get one, you’ll get many. Like a breath of fresh air, these beautiful ...

Winter offers an ideal opportunity to dream and plan next season’s garden. Catalogs offer an escape into the world of warm weather, green landscapes and flowers, fruits and vegetables. Here are a few ...

Every year about this time we order our seeds for spring, occasionally tossing in a few plants we can't resist. Last year there were some unexpected successes and the usual disappointments. We had ...

This is the plant catalog for the connoisseur offering rare and very limited plants available nowhere else. Rare orchids, tropicals, daylilies, lilacs, hardy perennials and specialty seeds for a ...

Seed catalogs have much in common with priceless Monet paintings. His art, often depicting nature, became famous for the ability to capture the viewer's mind and transport one mentally into the scene.

WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA — We couldn’t call it an April Fool's joke as that snow came on April 2. Sure made a mess out of everything out in the farm yard and gravel roads. Guess it was too much to ...

Black-eyed Susan is an easy and satisfying perennial to start from seed. (Stephen Ward) When perusing spring seed catalogs, don't pass on perennials. These long-lived plants require a bit more ...

Trying to choose seeds and bulbs from a gardening catalog is an exercise in restraint. Catalog pages are filled with vibrant colors bursting from morning glories and the unique shapes of dahlia tubers ...