Grow!: Favorite Seed Catalogs

I thought it would be fun to explore my word for the year through the months, seeing where my mind and creativity would take me.

I was looking at my mail the other day, and was excited to see another seed catalog in the mail. I get a ton of these every year and I spend the winter months reading them intently comparing costs, and varieties, pondering organic versus non-GMO seed.

When the sun is far away, it's seed catalogs that keep me going.

Pictures of plump tomatoes, perfect melons, crisp cucumbers. It's enough to make a gardener happy.

So for my first installment of Grow! I'd like to share some of my favorite sources for seed. Now's the time to be requesting seed catalogs and deciding what you might like to plant next spring. If you want to grow leeks, in a northern climate you need to have those seeds by February so that you can grow little starts to plant in the spring! Tomatoes started from seed need 6-8 weeks inside so you're starting those little buggers in April, as do peppers. Eggplants need even longer, the poor delicate things.

Gardners, start your engines!

Fedco Seeds

Johnny's Select Seeds

Jung's Seeds and Plants

Oikos Tree Crops

Territorial Seed Company

Are there any good ones I've missed? I'd love to find a seed company that was more local to Michigan, most of my favorites are from the east and west coasts. I'm always looking for new good seed companies.