When the new seed catalogs arrive, my customary attitude of being unimpressed with novelty takes a holiday. Take the 2008 Territorial Seed Co. catalog as an example. It advertises "over 200 new items ...

Cottage Grove-based Territorial Seed Co. is growing steadily as the weak economy has prompted more people to try growing and preserving their own food. Share this article! Cottage Grove-based ...

Territorial is the only seed source for “Mild Thing” and “Notta Hotta” mild habanero peppers, which were developed by Oregon State University. (Contributed photo, Territorial Seed Company) Mild ...

Almost as exciting as the toy catalog sent in the mail around Christmastime, garden catalogs give you a perfectly good excuse to forget snowzilla and think spring. Most companies allow you to order ...

The lion's share of the vegetable seed I plant comes from several Pacific Northwest seed companies. Buying from these local seedsmen makes sense. They offer varieties that have proven themselves in ...

Closeup of the "legend" tomato developed at the OSU vegetable farm near Corvallis. Another grafted tomato plant is the "TomTato," to be released in 2015 by an Oregon seed company. (Lynn Ketchum) An ...

Jump-start spring in next year's garden by planting seeds now. Try sweet peas, larkspur, calendula, nasturtium, snapdragon, phlox, alyssum, foxglove and poppy. Be sure to mark the seeded areas clearly ...

In the early days of this column, I had a list of several “must have” seed catalogs. They were all snail mail catalogs. These were the ones that took care of Alaska gardeners or had fantastic pictures ...