cabin fever /want to start planting

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I think cabin fever is really getting to me latley. All i think about latley is planting my garden. I cant wait till it gets warm out. Does anyone have any links to some good seed catalogs they would like to share.please come visit me at kellycam2.tripod.com

-- kelly (milkgoats12@aol.com), January 16, 2001

Answers

Here's a few I have, if you want more just go to "Dogpile" and do a search. There are so many! Have fun. http://www.totallytomato.com/ http://www.shepherdseeds.com/ http://www.virtualseeds.com/index1.html http://www.johnnyseeds.com/ http://www.burpee.com/ http://www.parkseed.com/webapp/commerce/command/ExecMacro/psStoreHome. d2w/report http://www.rareseeds.com/

This should keep you busy a little while. I know that "I gotta garden" urge! God bless.

-- Nancy (sonflower35@icqmail.com), January 16, 2001.


Here's the complete list Plants By Mail FAQ

-- sharon wt (wildflower@ekyol.com), January 16, 2001.

It is SOOOOOOOOOOOO nice to know I'm not the only one.I've gone ballistic with seed catalogs lately, I'm even ordering some that I KNOW I'll never order from 'just because'.I went to pick up my perennial flower seeds this last weekend & ended up buying $35 worth.......my wife is still a little peeved about that, but I promised to limit my lunches at work to make up for it.But now I'm not allowed to go thru the garden center at our local Wal-Mart without supervision. Oh The Shame Of It All!!!!!hehehehe I just can't wait till I can start getting my hands dirty again, but wait I will, since I have no choice.

Dangit. Sparrowhawk

-- Sparrowhawk (sparrowkiak@yahoo.com), January 17, 2001.


I want to mention Sand Hill Preservation Center again. I received their catalog yesterday and I'm very impressed. (Thank You ROGO!!) They are a family who is dedicated to the preservation of heirloom seeds and poultry. Lots of interesting non-hybrid corn, tomatos, etc. I'm sending in an order asap. (Sand Hill Preservation Center, Heirloom Seeds & Poultry, Calamus, IA, 52729 (319)246-2299

-- Cathy in NY (hrnofplnty@yahoo.com), January 17, 2001.

kelly, I keep looking at the garden layout (paper) & keep a hopin' & a wishin'! I've made out the seed orders & am impatiently waiting for them to arrive and am still getting more seed catalogs in the mail!

-- Phyllis (almostafarm@yahoo.com), January 17, 2001.


I'm glad to see that I'm not the only person who has stacks of seed catalogs and can't be unsupervised in a garden center. I always see the miracle of life in a seed. And, I buy far too many miracles in that form! LOL! I remember the year my daughter and I planted 80 tomato plants! Can you believe that! And for two families totally 5 people! We have cut down considerably!. Now....back to the catalogs....

-- Ardie from WI (a6203@hotmail.com), January 17, 2001.

I had to show my husband this thread--just to show him I am not crazy! His response was "so, you have company"LOL.Last year. I planted 80 tomatoe plants, gave that many away and threw away that many more. I have ordered 10packs of tomatoe seeds and would order more but I know better. I have these "cute" little drawings of the orchard (what I "need" for it) and my garden(where I want things to go).I call the seed catalogs my "wish books"!!! Yea, it must be cabin fever! Burpee's offers a heirloom catalog. Nice selection of tomatoes, peppers, and corn.And their big atalog is beautiful. I also like Shepherd's it is part of the "White Flower Farm".

-- Debbie T in N.C. (rdtyner@mindspring.com), January 18, 2001.

Its minus 18 Celcius (you do the math..it baffles me to convert to F) and the garden is under a foot or so of snow. To say I am getting antsy is to put it mildly. I started doodling a garden plan for whats going where this year and how much of each I will need to fill my purposes (always too much of this not enough of that). On top of that I am tending my houseplants like nobody's business and I think they may get spoiled. So to take the pressure off them I started raising sprouts..mung, alfalfa,wheat,and peas. its not the same but it'll have to do. sigh.

-- Alison in Nova Scotia (aproteau@istar.ca), January 23, 2001.

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