How Do You Buy Seeds, Plants, And Garden Sundries From Catalogs?
Millions of people buy their seeds, plants, and garden sundries from the pretty pages of mail-order catalogs. It’s always been a popular way of getting your home garden – vegetable and flower – started. While it can be a great way to get going for the spring (or fall) there are many things to watch out for. Mail order plants and seeds are convenient. What’s easier than collecting your mail? The downside is that even though, yes, it is convenient it is not necessarily less expensive or even better than the items you can purchase at local nurseries or garden centers. One must also remember the added cost of postage and handling that will be involved if you decide to grow a mail order garden. On the other hand, the great advantage that mail order companies have to offer, is the ofter hard to find and exquisite variety of plants offered; as well as heirloom varieties. If you’ve decided that the shipping and handling is something that you don’t mind or that the unusual plants are worth the
