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By Donna LaPr£
Rappahannock News Writer
It’s catalogue time! This month, the 2002 garden catalogues will begin to fill the mailbox and make my head spin! You may receive catalogues from the same seed and plant vendors year after year, and perhaps they provide you sufficiently for your gardening forays. .
However, if you are searching for the new, heirloom, unusual or native seed, or are jui plain bored with the standard fare, now is the time to request information from new suppliers.
Below, I’ve culled an assortment of my favorite catalogues (yes, I do read all of them and more!), and have categorized them according to their most distinctive features. Enjoy!
Organic Seed
Whether vegetable, herb or flower, these two catalogues have the most comprehensive selection of organic seed. Conventional seed plant crops are raised with much heavier doses of chemicals than even conventional food crops. It makes good sense to begin with organically raised seed, especially in a food garden.
Seeds of Change- 888 762 733 / seedsofchange.com- a full color catalogue featuring 100% certified seed: heirloom, exclusive varieties.
Also, organic seed potato, apple trees, garlic and good garden books. A staple.
Abundant life Seed Foundation- 360 385 5660 / abundantlifeseed.org — a nonprofit seed organization. Not all of the seeds sold are certified, however, they do sell seeds raised without chemi-" cals by people who cannot afford certification fees. These seeds are noted as “naturally and responsibly grown”. An astonishing selection of rare beans, squashes, corns, grains, endangered varieties and other vegetables, herbs and flowers make this catalog a gem.
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