"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:04:00 +1000, "Farm1" >
> wrote:
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>>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
>>
>>Besides, reading the seed
>>> catalogs in January is a real pleasure.
>>
>>Oh yes! Add 6 months and what you say applies to me. I've spent the last
>>couple of weeks reading mine :-))
>>
>
> Even after all these years I haven't developed a sound way to go about
> reading, marking for further interest and making sure that I get what
> is needed. I've used paper clips, markers, turned down pages, etc.
> There are just so many catalogs and so many tantalizing entries. . .
> Paring the list down to reasonable length takes real discipline ;o)

I have 2 'garden' notebooks where I record such stuff. When that fails I
just buy lots of seeds (they're cheap if I take into account the pleasure
that the anticipation of their growth can give me). I hope to plant some
before the 'use by' date comes up. Even once that happens, I frequently
still plant those seeds and often, from the results, I figure that 'use by'
dates don't amount to a hill of beans.