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Odyssey Bulbs has long been a favorite of mine for unusual bulbs (including unusual varieties of colchicum) that you’re not likely to find elsewhere–not even at Brent and Becky’s. I recentl...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/02/10/odyssey-bulbs-on-martha-stewart/

Have you ever gotten ready to order from a mail order seed or plant merchant, only to discover if you’d ordered a few days sooner you could have gotten a discount or a freebie? I have. It’s m...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2007/01/05/gardening-catalog-deals-and-deadlines-for-2007/

In her latest Washington Post column Barbara Damrosch writes It’s raining seed catalogues and the forecast is for the downpour to continue well into January. She then starts in on her vegetable...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/12/14/a-vegetable-wishlist/

So we got this new (meaning, we’ve never gotten this one before, the company’s actually 9 years old) seed catalog in the mail the other day, and I’ve been elected to post about it. They’r...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/01/11/a-tale-of-two-cities-i-mean-catalogs/

As I’m beginning to get started on my seed order this year, I remember that I meant to post on potatoes. Last year, due to the fascinating varieties offered by Fedco, I ordered my potatoes from...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/01/11/potatoes/

Old Roses has won the snowdrop race, but IBOY made a fine showing. Me? I won’t even start looking for snowdrops till February, but I’ll be lucky to find any before March. And what about the S...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/01/05/snowdrop-race/

Here’s a collection of odds and ends too small to merit an entry of their own: If your garden magazine is up for renewal, check at Amazon before renewing by mail. I discovered several of my sub...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2005/12/06/while-im-thinking-of-it/

I got my Thompson & Morgan seed catalog today. Talk about rushing the season! It’s usually the first catalog to arrive, but I don’t remember it ever coming this early. I must say, the ‘Frui...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2005/10/01/can-you-believe-it/

People who have been reading a while might remember this post of mine from a while back. Well, today we have a very similar story. Once again, it begins with me coming back from shopping–which ...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2005/06/25/you-never-know-whos-listening/

Today, I came back from shopping, and found a piece of mail for me–an envelope, hand addressed. Hello! I wasn’t expecting any letters. . .what’s the return address? Fedco! Oh, no!! I sent m...

https://www.coldclimategardening.com/2005/03/03/cool/