In fact, this seed house has two catalogs to order: the free one and the coffee table - what does that mean? - version, the full catalog, which costs 12 bucks or so and which I describe as pornography for gardeners. So is the Baker Creek Heirloom seeds catalog. I will admit the Territorial catalog is pretty darn nice to thumb through. It is prudent gardening practice to at least try to limit the number of trees that are needed in order for you to grow spring seeds. (I remember listing dozens of snail mail catalog addresses in years past - not that long ago.) They are just not sustainable. I know many readers will argue otherwise, but I think the day of the hard-copy garden catalog should be over. Ironically, ordering the hard copy pretty much requires a computer. I like the interactivity and cruise-ability of the website my daughter likes the hard-copy catalog. It occurred to me as I was contemplating the difference between the hard copy of the Territorial Seed catalog and the website that both offer the exact same seeds. This is the new way of merchandising, a huge shift for gardeners, reflecting both a drop in the average age of gardeners and also an increase in the ability of older gardeners to navigate the web. For the first time, if you want to sell seeds, you need to have a website. The first is the choice between paper catalogs and webalogs. There are a few new things to consider this year. I now question if this is a practice worth repeating. To try to satisfy this craving, I usually write about catalogs and websites all through January. This phenomenon is why January is when seed sales take off even though most cannot plant until May rolls around. Just a month before, absolutely no one was interested. Everyone wants to order seeds and start plants. Somehow, everyone forgets last years’s garden and starts planning for this year’s. I just don’t know, but in my experience, something happens to the gardener’s memory during the winter holiday season.
Perhaps it’s consuming candy canes or those little mandarin oranges. Yellowjackets land on a peony at the Alaska Botanical Gardens in Anchorage on Thursday, July 8, 2021.
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