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This is the new Osborne Seed catalog. It points to a little bit of a problem with catalogs. The quality of the catalog is first rate. The thing is not only glossy but the paper is obvious meant to take some serious use. I believe everything "new" is in there but even with small photo's and 70 well-filled pages, there are lots more varieties on Osborne's website than in the catalog . . .

Some of the seed companies that I buy from, like Tomatofest (1st time last year), don't even have a paper catalog. Tomatofest has pages & pages - on its website. A competitor, Tomato Growers Supply, has a gorgeous paper catalog! I really look forward to it . . . However, once again, there are more varieties on its website . . . Reimer's and Pase are two seed companies with no paper catalog but a big web presence.

Makes me wonder what "tablet computers" would be like for catalog browsing :/. Times change.

Steve
 
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Hey!

And, you did so much better without the glare from the flash, Major'!

I don't know how to deal with it. I've checked that little camera repeatedly and can't figure out how to turn it off. (Maybe I just need to always be outdoors to get it to shut off automatically. Or, borrow & learn to use DW's Nikon.)

Steve
 
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it's all about the angle of the dangle
it only took 6 pictures to get the one that i liked, plus a polarizer filter helped
Yes love my Nikon

heres the other end of those paws...
 
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digitS' said:
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This is the new Osborne Seed catalog. It points to a little bit of a problem with catalogs. The quality of the catalog is first rate. The thing is not only glossy but the paper is obvious meant to take some serious use. I believe everything "new" is in there but even with small photo's and 70 well-filled pages, there are lots more varieties on Osborne's website than in the catalog . . .

Some of the seed companies that I buy from, like Tomatofest (1st time last year), don't even have a paper catalog. Tomatofest has pages & pages - on its website. A competitor, Tomato Growers Supply, has a gorgeous paper catalog! I really look forward to it . . . However, once again, there are more varieties on its website . . . Reimer's and Pase are two seed companies with no paper catalog but a big web presence.

Makes me wonder what "tablet computers" would be like for catalog browsing :/. Times change.

Steve
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never heard if them before so requested a catalog, it showed up today....very interesting looks like some my usual seed vendors are going to loss some seed orders to them this winter....
 
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digitS' said:
Makes me wonder what "tablet computers" would be like for catalog browsing :/. Times change.

Steve
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Ummmmm...it's okay if you want to call me Debbie Downer, but i don't get any catalogs. Deliberately. I do all my research and reading and buying online (what i dont do at a local store, anyway). I actually call companies up and have them take me off their mailing list, so i dont have to pitch that stuff right in my recycle bin. :hide

Actually, i do buy one seed catalog. Landreth, oldest seed company around, and from my home state of Pennsylvania. Their catalogs are GORGEOUS, works of art, printed in the USA, and cost $5. The amount of history in them about the seeds alone makes the cost worth it.
 
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Here are several catalogs that have come over just the last few days:
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I ventured to take a picture of them because they are without glossy covers ;). In fact, that Fedco catalog, something of the ultimate hippy gardener catalog, has about the strangest cover in the history of my association with that company! Drawings by a child but what is that growing out of that guy's nose? Something I like about Fedco is their honest value for the dollar. They also have a nice large selection of things!

Now, the next one up is my favorite choice for Asian veggies. Kitazawa had the same cover in 2013 as it did in 2012 . . . but they've got a drawing of a different green veggie this year. Actually, Kitazawa went strongly towards "purple" veggies this year in their new introductions.

Irish Eyes is darn near "local." Only about 200 miles from here but still on the "dryside" of Washington State. They used to be almost entirely about potatoes - as you can tell by their name. In recent years, they've gone more and more towards being an all-around source for garden seeds (& tubers).

Richters in eastern Canada is THE source for herbs, as far as I know. They seem to have darn near everything! Most are available either as seeds or plants. I have bought flats of things from them in the past. Of course that is expensive because of the shipping but just a few plants or packets of seeds are available on lots & lots of herbs. Some veggie seed as well.

Steve
 
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Here are several catalogs that have come over just the last few days:
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I ventured to take a picture of them because they are without glossy covers ;). In fact, that Fedco catalog, something of the ultimate hippy gardener catalog, has about the strangest cover in the history of my association with that company! Drawings by a child but what is that growing out of that guy's nose? Something I like about Fedco is their honest value for the dollar. They also have a nice large selection of things!

Now, the next one up is my favorite choice for Asian veggies. Kitazawa had the same cover in 2013 as it did in 2012 . . . but they've got a drawing of a different green veggie this year. Actually, Kitazawa went strongly towards "purple" veggies this year in their new introductions.

Irish Eyes is darn near "local." Only about 200 miles from here but still on the "dryside" of Washington State. They used to be almost entirely about potatoes - as you can tell by their name. In recent years, they've gone more and more towards being an all-around source for garden seeds (& tubers).

Richters in eastern Canada is THE source for herbs, as far as I know. They seem to have darn near everything! Most are available either as seeds or plants. I have bought flats of things from them in the past. Of course that is expensive because of the shipping but just a few plants or packets of seeds are available on lots & lots of herbs. Some veggie seed as well.

Steve
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wow no glare....kudos to you :clap
 
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